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type species
noun
, Biology.
- the species of a genus that is regarded as the best example of the generic characters of the genus; the species from which a genus was originally named.
type species
- See holotype
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Word History and Origins
Origin of type species1
First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences
The type-species of this genus is the Negro Cynopithecus, who is wholly black, and a little smaller than the Baboon.
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To recognise the identity of phenomena which thus differ only in degree, we must assume a type-species.
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Within each of the families the species branch off from a parent or type species.
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There has been considerable debate as to whether Geoffroy did or did not designate a type species of the genus Trionyx (1809a).
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There are more than twenty type species named from the Mountain, not a few of which are found nowhere else.
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