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单词 holotype
释义

holotype

noun

ho·​lo·​type ˈhō-lə-ˌtīp How to pronounce holotype (audio)
ˈhä-
1
: the single specimen designated by an author as the type of a species or lesser taxon at the time of establishing the group
2
: the type of a species or lesser taxon designated at a date later than that of establishing a group or by a person other than the author of the taxon
holotypic
ˌhō-lə-ˈti-pik How to pronounce holotype (audio)
ˌhä-
adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In late 2012, UC Davis paid LIPI $25,000 in compensation, says Ubaidillah, and returned the holotype—the specimen on which the species was formally described—to Indonesia; one M. garuda specimen remains in UC Davis's Bohart Museum of Entomology. Dyna Rochmyaningsih, Science | AAAS, 24 July 2019 In contrast, the main museum specimen defining the species—the species’s holotype—had been found nearly 170 feet underwater during a 2007 biodiversity survey. Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2017 In Franche-Comté, the region in which the holotype was discovered, ‘la vouivre’ (=the wyvern) is a legendary winged reptile. Brian Switek, Scientific American Blog Network, 5 May 2017 The holotype, or original example, of this species is available for public display and scientific study at a museum in Dalian, China. Rachel Brown, National Geographic, 2 May 2017 In April 2016, Rouse and his colleagues traveled to the remote Recherche Archipelago, where the holotype had been found, in the hopes of spotting the creature in the wild. Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

holotype

noun

ho·​lo·​type ˈhō-lə-ˌtīp How to pronounce holotype (audio) ˈhäl-ə- How to pronounce holotype (audio)
1
: the single specimen designated by an author as the type of a species or lesser taxon at the time of establishing the group
2
: the type of a species or lesser taxon designated at a date later than that of establishing a group or by another person than the author of the taxon
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