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primary type

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noun

Biology.
  1. a specimen used in the original description or illustration of a species.


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Glucose is the primary type of sugar found in human blood, making it a key source of energy for cells.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2024

Mental health counseling is the primary type of care offered to transgender children before puberty.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2022

For months, backyard travel — staycations on a longer leash — has been the primary type of tourism.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2021

Neurons are the primary type of cell that most anyone associates with the nervous system.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Some cool period forced the mainland populations of the two species into two refugia—peninsular Florida and eastern México—and the present area of intergradation is, therefore, of a secondary rather than a primary type.

From North American Yellow Bats, 'Dasypterus,' And a List of the Named Kinds Of the Genus Lasiurus Gray by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)

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