neotype

neotype
a single specimen designated as the type-specimen of a nominal species-group taxon of which the holotype (or lectotype), and all the paratypes, or all syntypes are lost or destroyed or suppressed by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature

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  • neotype — noun Date: 1905 a type specimen that is selected subsequent to the description of a species to replace a preexisting type that has been lost or destroyed …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • neotype — n. [Gr. neos, new; typos, type] A single specimen selected as the type specimen from as near to the original locale as practicle in cases where the original types are known to be destroyed or are lost …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • neotype — /nee euh tuyp /, n. Biol. a specimen selected to replace a holotype that has been lost or destroyed. [1850 55; NEO + TYPE] * * * …   Universalium

  • neotype — noun A new specimen used to replace a lost holotype …   Wiktionary

  • neotype — neo·type (neґo tīp) a strain of bacteria that replaces a type culture which no longer exists, and that agrees with the original description of the taxon and is accepted by international agreement …   Medical dictionary

  • neotype —   (neo.)   New material designated to replace a missing holotype when no original material remains in a herbarium collection.   See also isolectotype, isotype, lectotype, paratype …   Expanded glossary of Cycad terms

  • neotype — neo·type …   English syllables

  • neotype — ne•o•type [[t]ˈni əˌtaɪp[/t]] n. bio tax a specimen selected to replace a holotype that has been lost or destroyed • Etymology: 1850–55 …   From formal English to slang

  • neotype — /ˈnioʊtaɪp/ (say neeohtuyp) noun Biology an example of a species selected to identify the species when the type specimen, or a species chosen as the type specimen, no longer exists. See type specimen. {neo + type (def. 4b) …  

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