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Type Specimen

nounid 148909·updated May 18, 2026
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the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
holotype
plural
Type Specimens
possessive
Type Specimen's
pluralpossessive
Type Specimens'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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