type species
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Noun
type species (plural type species)
- (taxonomy) A species which has been designated as typical of a genus, and is chosen as the species according to which the genus is named.
- The type species is E. lucius, the northern pike. The species of this genus are known as the pike. (Wikipedia article on Esox)
Synonyms
- generitype, generic type, genotype (obsolete)
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