a. [SUB- 19.] a. Of the character of a subtype. b. Not quite typical; lying between the typical and aberrant forms.
1837. Swainson, Nat. Hist. Birds, II. 4. The first three of these sub-families constitute the aberrant circle…. The fourth is the sub-typical. Ibid., 76. The Piprinæ constitute the subtypical group of this family [sc. the Ampelinæ].
1854. Woodward, Mollusca, II. 241. The Bivalve Shell-fish … constitute the second or sub-typical group in the quinary system.
