Metatype

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A topotype of a species which is confirmed as belonging to that species by the author who originally described it
  2. 2
    The type of a type.

    "The Type suffix specifies that this variable will be a metatype and not an object (meaning the implementation class and not an instance of it)."

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"The Type suffix specifies that this variable will be a metatype and not an object (meaning the implementation class and not an instance of it)."

Etymology

From meta- + type.

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