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Definition of Type specimen
1. Noun. The original specimen from which the description of a new species is made.
Medical Definition of Type specimen
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Type Specimen
Literary usage of Type specimen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1908)
"Mr. Waterhouse urges, as others have done, that there should be only one type
specimen for each species, and that that type specimen should be the standard ..."
2. The University Geological Survey of Kansas by Erasmus Haworth, Kansas Geological Survey (1898)
"6, 7, two views of type specimen (after White). ... 12, another view. PLATE C.—Serpula
intrica White. Fig 1, type specimen. ..."
3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1919)
"553 latidens: type specimen ; crown and outer side views of portion of right
ramus of lower jaw .................................. 554 New section of the ..."
4. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1913)
"11. Right valve. X 4. Same locality as flg. 10. 12. Left valve of the type specimen
showing the fine concentric linea- tion of ribs. X 3. ..."
5. East African Mammals in the United States National Museum by Ned Hollister (1918)
"Skull of type-specimen of Thos adustus notatus Heller. Adult male; Cat. No.
181486. Natural size. PLATES 16-17. Skull of type-specimen of Thos aureus bea ..."
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