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Sound
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noun
A specimen that serves to bear a taxonomic name, as a type.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1nómn̥ Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *ónomã Proto-Indo-European *h1nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὀνόμᾰτος (onómătos)der. English onomato- Proto-Indo-European *bher- Proto-Indo-European *bhéreti Proto-Hellenic *phérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros)der. New Latin -phorusbor. English -phore English onomatophore From onomato- + -phore.
