nominotypical

N1O1M3I1N1O1T1Y4P3I1C3A1L1

adjective

Of a subspecies: nominate, having a name which repeats the species name, designating that it represents the originally described population.

“Motacilla alba alba is the nominotypical subspecies of the white wagtail (Motacilla alba).”

Scrabble 22
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivenominotypical (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyOf a subspecies: nominate, having a name which repeats the species name, designating that it represents the originally described population.

    Motacilla alba alba is the nominotypical subspecies of the white wagtail (Motacilla alba).

  2. not comparablebiologyOf a subgenus or other infrageneric taxon: having a name which repeats the genus name, indicating that it includes the type species. For older botanical subgeneric and sectional names, it is sometimes prefixed with Eu-.

    Four species of the nominotypical subgenus are positively recorded from America north of Mexico... [referring to Physonota (Physonota) arizonae and three other species]

    2002, Ross H. Arnett, JR, Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, J. Howard Frank, American Beetles, Volume II, page 646
Cite this entry
APA

nominotypical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nominotypical

MLA

“nominotypical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nominotypical. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nominotypical,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nominotypical.

Source: nominotypical on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.