Hypodigm

//ˈhaɪpə(ʊ)(ˌ)daɪm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sample from which the characters of a population are to be inferred.

Etymology

Coined in 1940 by George Gaylord Simpson, Types in Modern Taxonomy, published in American Journal of Science #238, p. 418.

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