paratype

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The stream from which the single paratype was obtained had brown water and was of low pH

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  1. noun A biological specimen other than a holotype used for the development of the original description of a taxonomic group.

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  • The stream from which the single paratype was obtained had brown water and was of low pH —  Practical Fishkeeping news (RSS)
  • Mostly relative dating based on matching cranium and the paratype maxilla plus 34 specimens - mammalian fossils found in the caves with fossils from three mandible fragments, a maxilla fragment and isolated absolutely dated sites in East Africa. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Precloacal vertebra (paratype specimen UF / IGM 2) in anterior view ( —  Planet Atheism
 

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  1. Greek παρά, beside, + τύπος, type.
 

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/ˈpærətaɪp/
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