Zootype Definition

noun

(biology) A proposed archetype of the form of all animals, based not on a shared body plan but on conserved molecular homologies.

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(symbology) An animal totem; an animal (animal figure) that is taken as symbolic of a deeper abstraction.

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Other Word Forms of Zootype

Noun

Singular:
zootype
Plural:
zootypes

Origin of Zootype

  • From zoo- +‎ type. In the biological sense, by analogy with phylotype.

    From Wiktionary

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