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A biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.
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lectotype — noun Etymology: Greek lektos chosen (from legein to gather, choose) + English type more at legend Date: circa 1905 a specimen chosen as the type of a species or subspecies if the author of the name fails to designate a type … New Collegiate Dictionary
lectotype — one of several syntypes (q.v.) designated after the publication of a species group name, as the type specimen of the taxon bearing that name. Designated only where there was no original holotype … Dictionary of ichthyology
lectotype — n. [Gr. lektos, choose; typos, type] A specimen selected from a syntypic series that, subsequent to the publication of the original description, is selected and designated through publication to serve as the type … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
lectotype — lec·to·type (lĕkʹtə tīp ) n. The specimen or illustration selected as the type of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a type. [From Greek lektos, chosen (from legein, to choose. See leg + type.] lec… … Universalium
lectotype — lec·to·type (lekґto tīp) in bacteriology, a culture taken from the original material to serve as a type culture when the original investigator did not designate a type … Medical dictionary
lectotype — (lecto.) Herbarium specimen chosen from the original material to replace a missing holotype or isotype. See also holotype, isolectotype, isotype, neotype, paratype … Expanded glossary of Cycad terms
lectotype — lec·to·type … English syllables
lectotype — /ˈlɛktoʊtaɪp/ (say lektohtuyp) noun Biology one of several syntypes selected as the type specimen for a species or subspecies in the absence of a holotype designated by the author. {Greek lektos chosen + type (def. 4b) …
lectotype — ˈlektəˌtīp noun Etymology: Greek lektos picked, chosen (from legein to gather, choose) + English type : a specimen chosen as type of a species or subspecies if the author of the classification fails to designate a type … Useful english dictionary
hololectotype — lectotype (one of several syntypes (q.v.) designated after the publication of a species group name, as the type specimen of the taxon bearing that name. Designated only where there was no original holotype) … Dictionary of ichthyology
