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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The species that is designated as representative of the genus to which it belongs.
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- noun biology, 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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (biology) the species that best exemplifies the essential characteristics of the genus to which it belongs
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