Download the app
educalingo
lectotype

Meaning of "lectotype" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF LECTOTYPE

ˈlɛktəˌtaɪp


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LECTOTYPE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lectotype is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LECTOTYPE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Type (biology)

In biology, a type is one particular specimen of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached. In other words, a type is an example that serves to anchor or centralize the defining features of that particular taxon. A taxon is a scientifically named grouping of organisms with other like organisms, a set that includes some organisms and excludes others, based on a detailed published description and on the provision of type material, which is usually available to scientists for examination in a major museum research collection, or similar institution.

Definition of lectotype in the English dictionary

The definition of lectotype in the dictionary is a specimen designated, after the publication of a species name, as the type specimen.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LECTOTYPE

allotype · autotype · biotype · cerotype · chromatype · chromotype · countertype · cyanotype · ecotype · holotype · isotype · karyotype · monotype · phonotype · prototype · somatotype · Stenotype · stereotype · talbotype · topotype

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LECTOTYPE

lectern · lectin · lection · lectionaries · lectionary · lectisternia · lectisternium · lector · lectorate · lectorship · lectress · lecture · lecture course · lecture hall · lecture notes · lecture room · lecture theatre · lecturer · lectureship · lecythi

WORDS THAT END LIKE LECTOTYPE

ambrotype · calotype · collotype · cotype · daguerreotype · electrotype · ferrotype · genotype · haplotype · heliotype · Linotype · logotype · neotype · palaeotype · phenotype · photoelectrotype · phototype · platinotype · serotype · stannotype · type

Synonyms and antonyms of lectotype in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lectotype» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF LECTOTYPE

Find out the translation of lectotype to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of lectotype from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lectotype» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

选型
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

lectótipo
570 millions of speakers
en

English

lectotype
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

lectotype
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نمط منتقى
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

лектотип
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

lectotype
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

lectotype
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

lectotype
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Pensyarip
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

lectotype
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

選定基準標本
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

lectotype
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Lectotype
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lectotype
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

lectotype
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

लैक्टोटाइप
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

lectotype
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

lectotipo
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

lectotype
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

лектотип
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

lectotype
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λεκτοτυπικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lectotype
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lectotype
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lectotype
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lectotype

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LECTOTYPE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of lectotype
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «lectotype».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lectotype

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LECTOTYPE»

Discover the use of lectotype in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lectotype and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Introduction to the Principles of Plant Taxonomy
When the holotype is not designated by the author or if it is lost or destroyed, one has to select a lectotype from the material which was cited or consulted by him; isotypes, syntypes, isosyntypes or paratypes, in order of preference. However ...
V. V. Sivarajan, N. K. P. Robson, 1991
2
Code International de Nomenclature Zoologique
(ii) Les spécimens qui sont des syntypes avant la première désignation valide d' un lectotype [Art. 74] ne sont plus des syntypes après une telle désignation; par cette action ils deviennent lectotype et paralectotypes (voir Recommandation 74F ) ...
W. D. L. Ride, 1985
3
Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths II
Name Author Year Assigned To Taxon Typification Status Change synonym of C. amatrix naras Walker [1858] (Hiibner, [1813]) lectotype none synonym of C. alabamae new olivia H. Edwards 1880 Grote, 1875 synonymy synonym of C. meskei ...
B. Christian Schmidt, J. Donald Lafontaine, 2010
4
Staghorn Corals of the World: A Revision of the Coral Genus ...
A. microdados Madrepora arutralis Brook. l892 Wreck Bay, GBR NHM lectotype l846.7.30.23 j.s. A. gemmifera Madrepora baeodactyla Brook, l892 Capricorn 1s. GBR NHM lectotype l892.6.8.286 j.S. A. lil^ltljnii Madnpora bifaria Brook, l892 ...
Carden C. Wallace, 1999
5
Oecophorine Genera of Australia III: The Barea Group and ...
Exot. Microlepid. 1: 172 (Sphy relata). Lectotype 6 'Bathurst, New South Wales, 10/1 1/84' (BMNH, genitalia slide 12571). hereby designated. [N.S.W.] heteropla Meyrick, 1886. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 10: 766 (Haplodyta). Lectotype i Bathurst.
Ian Common, 2000
6
Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, ...
Type locality: <<Volcan de Chiriqui [Chiriqui], Panama» (original citation for the lectotype). Lectotype designated by Noonan (1973: 314), in BMNH. Synonymy established by Noonan (1973: 314). Anisotarsus suhvirens Casey, 1914: 213.
Yves Bousquet, 2012
7
Oecophorine Genera of Australia
Exot. Microlepid. 1: 172 (Sphy relata). Lectotype 6 'Bathurst, New South Wales, 10/1 1/84' (BMNH, genitalia slide 12571). hereby designated. [N.S.W.] heteropla Meyrick, 1886. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 10: 766 (Haplodyta). Lectotype i Bathurst.
I. F. B. Common, 2000
8
Integration of Modern Taxonomic Methods For Penicillium and ...
Aspergillus zonatus Kwon & Fennell BY 5079 = ATCC 16867 = CBS 506.65 = IMI 124936. Ex lectotype. Received as Aspergillus zonatus WB 5079, 1 965. Isolated from forest soil, Costa Rica Aspergillus clavatoflavus Raper & Fennell BZ 5113 ...
Robert A. Samson, J I Pitt, 2000
9
PROCEEDINGS OF The Academy of Natural Science OF PHILADELPHIA
Comments.— Lectotype designated by Palmer (in Harris and Palmer, 1947, pp. 386-388, pl. 53, figs. 7, 8) ; called lectotype on plate but type in text. velata, Rostellaria Cat. no. 15017 Lectotype. Original reference.— 1833, Harris reprint, p .
10
A Revision of the Dulcamaroid Clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae)
Solanum subsection Holophylla G.Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 414.1832. Lectotype species, designated by Seithe 1962: Solanum cervantesii Lag. (=S. pubigerum Dunal); superfluous lectotype designated by D'Arcy 1972: Solanumpulverulentum Pers.
Sandra Knapp, 2013

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LECTOTYPE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lectotype is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Linnaeus's Asian elephant was wrong species
“I think we were in a good position to designate the Florence elephant as the lectotype, or the new type, for the species Elephas maximus. «Nature.com, Nov 13»
2
Alt Text: Carl Linnaeus, Homo Sapiens and the Vampire Conundrum
Where there isn't a holotype — for instance where the species was discovered and named well before 1931 — there is often a lectotype, which ... «Wired News, Jul 12»
3
Implications of new early Homo fossils from Ileret, east of Lake …
KNM-ER 42703 and the other H. habilis (sensu stricto) maxillae lack the derived morphology of the H. rudolfensis lectotype KNM-ER 1470, ... «Nature.com, Aug 07»
4
In the Classification Kingdom, Only the Fittest Survive
His glories even include being designated as the so-called "lectotype," a kind of official scientific specimen to represent, for science and for all ... «New York Times, Oct 05»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Lectotype [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lectotype>. Jun 2026 ».
Download the educalingo app
EN