orthotype

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noun

The original published name for a group of genetically related organisms.

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Meanings

nounorthotype (plural orthotypes)

plural orthotypes

  1. biologyThe original published name for a group of genetically related organisms.

    At the same time it is realised that the validity of the present arrangement can be established only by some worker who has at his disposal an adequate world collection, and who has access to orthotypes and early literature not available here […]

    1938, JLB Smith, “The South African fishes of the families Sparidae and Denticidae”, in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, volume 26, number 3, page 225

Origin

From ortho- + -type.

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APA

orthotype. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orthotype

MLA

“orthotype.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orthotype. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “orthotype,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orthotype.

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