Definition of holotype
1
: the single specimen designated by an author as the type of a species or lesser taxon at the time of establishing the group
2
: the type of a species or lesser taxon designated at a date later than that of establishing a group or by a person other than the author of the taxon
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The first known use of holotype was in 1897
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