Specimen vs Lectotype - What's the difference?
specimen | lectotype |
An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
An eligible man.
(biology) A biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.
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As nouns the difference between specimen and lectotype
is that specimen is specimen while lectotype is (biology) a biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.specimen
English
Noun
(en-noun)- early specimens of the art of Picasso
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