nominotypical
Adjective
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Adjective
nominotypical (not comparable)
- (zoology, botany) Of a subspecies, nominate, having a name which repeats the species name, designating that it represents the originally described population.
- Motacilla alba alba is the nominotypical subspecies of the white wagtail (Motacilla alba).
- (zoology, botany) Of a subgenus or other infrageneric taxa, having a name which repeats the genus name, indicating that it includes the type species. For older botanical subgeneric and sectional names, it is sometimes prefixed with Eu-.
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