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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(biology) A topotype of a species which is confirmed as belonging to that species by the author who originally described it.
The Type suffix specifies that this variable will be a metatype and not an object (meaning the implementation class and not an instance of it).
You can use a variable reference to a type (a metatype) to instantiate that type, but you can't just append parentheses to a variable reference: […]
Use metatype when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Metatype means (biology) A topotype of a species which is confirmed as belonging to that species by the author who originally described it.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The Type suffix specifies that this variable will be a metatype and not an object (meaning the implementation class and not an instance of it).
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