Difference between revisions of "archetype"
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|etymology=Greek <i>arche</i>, beginning; <i>typos</i>, type | |etymology=Greek <i>arche</i>, beginning; <i>typos</i>, type | ||
| − | |definition=A hypothetical ancestral type arrived at by the elimination of specialized characters of known later forms | + | |definition=A hypothetical [[ancestral]] type arrived at by the [[elimination]] of specialized characters of known later forms |
|see also=[[phylogeny]] | |see also=[[phylogeny]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:30, 13 September 2013
archetype also architype (noun; Greek arche, beginning; typos, type): A hypothetical ancestral type arrived at by the elimination of specialized characters of known later formsSee also: phylogeny
