cotype

[ koh-tahyp ]

noun

1. a syntype.

cotype

/ ˈkəʊˌtaɪp /

noun

1. biology an additional type specimen from the same brood as the original type specimen

Word History and Origins

Origin of cotype¹

First recorded in 1890–95; co- + type

Example Sentences

The type specimen is deposited in the writer's herbarium, and a cotype may be seen in the State Herbarium.

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The type specimen is deposited in the writer's herbarium, and a cotype may be found in the State Herbarium.

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Paratype: is every specimen of the series from which the type was selected see type and cotype.

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I incline to the view that a specimen so designated would at most be only a lectotype, unless it were a cotype.

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