type specimen

noun

, Biology.

1. an individual organism from which the description of a species has been prepared.

type specimen

noun

1. biology the original specimen from which a description of a new species is made Also calledholotype

Word History and Origins

Origin of type specimen¹

First recorded in 1890–95

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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