paratype

 [par-uh-tahyp]

par·a·type

  [par-uh-tahyp]
noun Biology.
a specimen other than a type specimen that is used for the original description of a taxonomic group and specifically stated to be the one on which the original description of the taxon was based.
Related forms
par·a·typ·ic [par-uh-tip-ik] , adjective
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Paratype is always a great word to know.
So is asexual. Does it mean:
corresponding in function, but not evolved from corresponding organs, as the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird
having no sexual organs; independent of sexual processes; not involving the union of male and female germ cells
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