| a specimen designated as the type of a species or subspecies when no holotype was designated by the original author of the name. |
, adjective lec·to·type  (lěk'tə-tīp') n. The specimen or element selected as the type of a species when a holotype has not been defined. [From Greek lektos, chosen (from legein, to choose; see leg- in Indo-European roots) + type.] lec'to·typ'ic (-tĭp'ĭk) adj. |
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