type specimen

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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 1890–95

Words nearby type specimen

typeset, typesetter, typesetting, type-site, type species, type specimen, typestyle, type V acrocephalosyndactyly, type V familial hyperlipoproteinemia, type VII mucopolysaccharidosis, type VI mucopolysaccharidosis

How to use type specimen in a sentence

But yes, I pictured a James Bond-type just sauntering over to her.
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“I have to think her body type played a role,” said Rachel Greenblatt, a Lecturer in Jewish Studies at Harvard University.
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But Ally knows better and dresses tastefully for her age and body type now.
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Sabrine was the outgoing, sociable type, and had many friends, while Ziad was shy and a little more introverted.
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Mistletoe is basically a vampire—but one of those an anti-hero type vampires.
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As a rule, however, even in the case of extreme varieties, a careful examination of the specimen will enable it to be identified.
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A moderately enlarged testis (probably regressing) was noted in the specimen from Pisté, on July 21.
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Though the average speaker is generally limited by one type of voice, which he varies somewhat, it is not often disguised.
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Accustomed to a written character, their eyes became wearied by the crabbedness and formality of type.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Miss Thangue sat forward with the frank curiosity of the Englishwoman when inspecting a foreign specimen.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

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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