type specimen
noun
,
Biology
1.
an individual organism from which the description of a species has been prepared.
Origin
1890-95
Examples from the web for
type specimen
type specimen
books are the plumbing-parts catalogs of graphic design.
Wherever the
type specimen
is, people go and study there.
British Dictionary definitions for
type specimen
type specimen
noun
1.
(
biology
) the original specimen from which a description of a new species is made
Also called
holotype