Definitions For Lectotype

Noun

LECTOTYPE (plural LECTOTYPEs) (taxonomy) 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.

Derived terms

lectotypic lectotypification lectotypify isolectotype paralectotype

Translations

Finnish: lektotyyppi Portuguese: lectótipo, m

Etymology

From (Ancient Greek)  λέκτος, , chosen,from λέγειν, , to choose + τύπος, , blow, impression.

See also

hapantotype

Anagrams

leptocyte

Is Lectotype a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
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The word Lectotype is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

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