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Specimen vs Paratype - What's the difference?

specimen | paratype |

As nouns the difference between specimen and paratype

is that specimen is an individual instance that represents a class; an example while paratype is a specimen of an organism that is used as the basis of a taxonomic description.

specimen

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
    • early specimens of the art of Picasso
  • A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
  • An eligible man.
    • Examples:

    Related terms

    * species

    paratype

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) A specimen of an organism that is used as the basis of a taxonomic description

    • See also

    *holotype