Ergatotype
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ergatotype is a noun meaning (entomology, taxonomy, rare) An additional type specimen chosen as a paratype to exemplify the worker caste in a hymenopteran taxon.
Meaning
(entomology, taxonomy, rare) An additional type specimen chosen as a paratype to exemplify the worker caste in a hymenopteran taxon.
Word Forms
- ergatotypes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mesotype, pseudogyne, nymotype, gonite, heteropteran, mesopectus.
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