cotype
/ˈkoʊtaɪp/
noun
- A specimen that is part of the original set used to describe a new species, when no single holotype was designated.
- The museum holds a cotype of the butterfly species collected in 1892.
- Because the scientist did not choose a single holotype, all the specimens became cotypes.
- Researchers compared the fossil to the original cotype stored in the archive.
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