3 example sentences using holotype.
Holotype used in a sentence
Holotype in a sentence as a noun
The name of a species is fixed to a specific "holotype".
By definition there is an holotype and a paper describing it, but often is a pain to unbury the info.
Limosus, Latin for muddy, refers to the holotype specimen being found in an unusual posture in a mudstone.
Holotype definitions
noun
the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made