Difference between revisions of "archetype"
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{{Concept | {{Concept | ||
|label=archetype | |label=archetype | ||
| − | | | + | |alternative label=<b>architype</b> |
|lexical category=noun | |lexical category=noun | ||
|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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| + | {{Concept scheme relation | ||
| + | |scheme=Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology | ||
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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
