icotype

noun

ico·​type

ˈīkəˌtīp

: a typical specimen of a species accurately identified but not serving as the basis for a published description

Word History

Etymology

Greek eikōs like (participle of eikenai to resemble) + English type

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Rhymes for icotype

• allotype
• antitype
• archetype
• biotype
• collotype
• genotype
• haplotype
• holotype
• hypotype
• isotype
• lectotype
• linotype