Ecotype
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A phenotype that is adapted to a specific environment.
"These four Japanese introductions probably were of the Japonica ecotype."
Example
More examples"The disappearance of one unique group of wolves coincided with the bison’s near-extinction, suggesting that although the bison eventually recovered, an entire “ecotype” of wolves specialized to hunt them never did."
Etymology
From eco- + type, coined by Swedish botanist Göte Turesson in 1922 and modeled on the earlier ecospecies.