Etymology

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Today it means: An additional type specimen chosen as a paratype to exemplify the worker caste in a hymenopteran taxon. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἐργάτης
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐργάτης“worker”
  2. English todayergatotype

From Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs, “worker”) + -type.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἐργάτης all →

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