Associations to the word «Holotype»
Noun
Wiktionary
HOLOTYPE, noun. The single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to be used when the taxon was formally described.
Dictionary definition
HOLOTYPE, noun. The original specimen from which the description of a new species is made.
Wise words
Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you
want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's
gone, gone forever.