lectotype

American  

[lek-tuh-tahyp] / ˈlɛk təˌtaɪp /

noun

Biology.

1. a specimen designated as the type of a species or subspecies when no holotype was designated by the original author of the name.

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Other Word Forms

• lectotypic adjective

Etymology

Origin of lectotype

First recorded in 1905–10; from Greek lek(tós) “chosen” + type ( def. ); logos ( def. ), lection ( def. )