zootype

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zootype

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From zoo- + type. In the biological sense, by analogy with phylotype.

noun zootypes

A proposed archetype of the form of all animals, based not on a shared body plan but on conserved molecular homologies.
An animal totem; an animal (or animal figure) that is taken as symbolic of a deeper abstraction.

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@misc{zootype_2026,
  title = {zootype},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zootype},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}