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type specimen
noun
, Biology.
- an individual organism from which the description of a species has been prepared.
type specimen
noun
- biology the original specimen from which a description of a new species is made Also calledholotype
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Word History and Origins
Origin of type specimen1
First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences
Brown in life, this color being also retained in the preserved type specimen.
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The type specimen is deposited in the writer's herbarium, and a cotype may be seen in the State Herbarium.
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The type specimen is deposited in the writer's herbarium, and a cotype may be found in the State Herbarium.
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This variety is based upon my No. 18,727, and the type specimen has been photographed to illustrate this species.
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Detailed descriptions of the type specimen are given in papers by Jepsen and Scott and Jepsen .
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