Paratype

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A biological specimen other than a holotype used for the development of the original description of a taxonomic group.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A specimen of an organism that is used as the basis of a taxonomic description
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In zoology, a specimen of the original series from which a single specimen, or holotype, has been selected as the type of a species.
    • Word Usage
    "Under ‘holotype’ they wrote ‘Adult male in photograph (Fig. 2)’, with a ‘paratype’ being described as ‘Adult in photograph (Fig. 3)’ (p. 1162)."
    Cross Reference
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