Ecotype

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A phenotype that is adapted to a specific environment.

    "These four Japanese introductions probably were of the Japonica ecotype."

Synonyms

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ecospeciesrace

Example

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"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.

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