zootype

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noun

A proposed archetype of the form of all animals, based not on a shared body plan but on conserved molecular homologies.

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Meanings

nounzootype (plural zootypes)

plural zootypes

  1. biologyA proposed archetype of the form of all animals, based not on a shared body plan but on conserved molecular homologies.
  2. An animal totem; an animal (or animal figure) that is taken as symbolic of a deeper abstraction.

Origin

From zoo- + type. In the biological sense, by analogy with phylotype.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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