cotype
[ koh-tahyp ]
/ ˈkoʊ taɪp /
noun
a syntype.
Words nearby cotype
cotyledon,
cotyloid,
cotyloid cavity,
cotyloid joint,
cotylosaur,
cotype,
cou-cou,
coucal,
couch,
couch grass,
couch potato
Example sentences from the Web for cotype
The type specimen is deposited in the writer's herbarium, and a cotype may be found in the State Herbarium.
Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 |Bruce Fink and Leafy J. CorringtonThe type specimen is deposited in the writer's herbarium, and a cotype may be seen in the State Herbarium.
Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 |Bruce Fink and Leafy J. CorringtonParatype: is every specimen of the series from which the type was selected see type and cotype.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology |John. B. SmithI incline to the view that a specimen so designated would at most be only a lectotype, unless it were a cotype.
American Weasels |E. Raymond Hall
British Dictionary definitions for cotype
cotype
/ (ˈkəʊˌtaɪp) /
noun
biology
an additional type specimen from the same brood as the original type specimen