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noun Biology.
an individual organism from which the description of a species has been prepared.
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Origin of type specimen
First recorded in 1890ā95
Words nearby type specimen
typeset, typesetter, typesetting, type-site, type species, type specimen, typestyle, type-word, typewrite, typewriter, typewriting
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British Dictionary definitions for type specimen
type specimen
noun
biology the original specimen from which a description of a new species is madeAlso called: holotype
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