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单词 type specimen
释义

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

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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 Shaw
  • The type-specimen of this species exists in the collection of the British Museum.

    New Zealand Moths and Butterflies|G. V. Hudson
  • The 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 madeAlso called: holotype
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