type specimen

type specimen

noun Biology.
an individual organism from which the description of a species has been prepared.

Origin:
1890–95
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Type specimen is always a great word to know.
So is fitness. Does it mean:
having no sexual organs; independent of sexual processes; not involving the union of male and female germ cells
the ability of a population to maintain or increase its numbers in succeeding generations
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type specimen
 
n
biology Also called: holotype the original specimen from which a description of a new species is made

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