[SUB- 5 c.] A subordinate type; a type included in a more general type.
1862. Miller, Elem. Chem., Org. (ed. 2), i. § 2. 50 The hydrochloric acid type … forms a subtype which comprehends the chlorides, fluorides, bromides, iodides, and cyanides.
1872. Oliver, Elem. Bot., II. 122. In some Natural Orders the amount of variation … is so considerable that we shall find it needful to employ subtypes.
