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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cotype1

First recorded in 1890–95; co- + type
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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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