ergatotype

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs, “worker”) +‎ -type.

Noun[edit]

ergatotype (plural ergatotypes)

  1. (entomology, taxonomy, rare) An additional type specimen chosen as a paratype to exemplify the worker caste in a hymenopteran taxon.

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