type specimen

type specimen
an individual organism from which the description of a species has been prepared.
[1890-95]

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  • type specimen — /ˈtaɪp spɛsəmən/ (say tuyp spesuhmuhn) noun Biology the original specimen from which the description of a new species is derived; holotype …  

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  • Type (biology) — Type specimen for Cimbrophlebia brooksi, a fossil scorpion fly. By convention, the red label denotes a type specimen. In biology, a type is one particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific… …   Wikipedia

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