agriotype

noun

ag·​ri·​o·​type

ˈa-grē-ə-ˌtīp

plural -s

: a wild form regarded as ancestral to a domesticated one

an agriotype of the domestic cat

Word History

Etymology

agrio- + type

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

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