type specimen
noun Biology.
an individual organism from which the description of a species has been prepared.
Origin of type specimen
First recorded in 1890–95
Words nearby type specimen
Example sentences from the Web for type specimen
The type-specimen figured by Lambert does not show the longest cone and leaf of this species.
The Genus Pinus |George Russell ShawThe type-specimen of this species exists in the collection of the British Museum.
New Zealand Moths and Butterflies |G. V. HudsonThe type-specimen of Ziphius semijunctus (Cope), as already mentioned, is a young female.
The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphidae |Frederick True
British Dictionary definitions for type specimen
type specimen
noun
biology
the original specimen from which a description of a new species is made
Also called: holotype