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TYPE SPECIMEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does type specimen mean? 

TYPE SPECIMEN (noun)
  The noun TYPE SPECIMEN has 1 sense:

1. the original specimen from which the description of a new species is madeplay

  Familiarity information: TYPE SPECIMEN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TYPE SPECIMEN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The original specimen from which the description of a new species is made

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

holotype; type specimen

Hypernyms ("type specimen" is a kind of...):

example; model (a representative form or pattern)


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