Usually means: Secondary specimen supporting species description.
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  1. paratype: Merriam-Webster
  2. paratype: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. paratype: Wordnik
  4. paratype: Wiktionary
  5. Paratype (moth), Paratype: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. paratype: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. paratype: Dictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (paratype)

noun:  (taxonomy) A physical specimen (or an illustration) that is not the holotype but is considered the same taxon by the author of the holotype.

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