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- noun biology A proposed
archetype of the form of allanimals , based not on a shared body plan but on conserved molecular homologies. - noun An animal
totem ; an animal (or animal figure) that is taken as symbolic of a deeper abstraction.
Etymologies
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From zoo- + type. In the biological sense, by analogy with phylotype.
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Animal serving as a type; figure of an animal used to represent a deity. (from Phrontistery)
May 24, 2008