cotype

American  

[koh-tahyp] / ˈkoʊ taɪp /

noun

1. a syntype.

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cotype British  

/ ˈkəʊˌtaɪp /

noun

1. biology an additional type specimen from the same brood as the original type specimen

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Etymology

Origin of cotype

First recorded in 1890–95; co- + type

Example Sentences

The type specimen is deposited in the writer's herbarium, and a cotype may be seen in the State Herbarium.

From Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V by Hilker, Leafy Jane Corrington

Paratype: is every specimen of the series from which the type was selected see type and cotype.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

We present a photograph made from Léveillé's cotype.

From Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces by Lloyd, C. G.

The type specimen is deposited in the writer's herbarium, and a cotype may be found in the State Herbarium.

From Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V by Hilker, Leafy Jane Corrington

The type specimen is deposited in the writer's herbarium, and a cotype may be found in the State Herbarium.

From Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V by Hilker, Leafy Jane Corrington