Definition of Type species

1. Noun. (biology) the species that best exemplifies the essential characteristics of the genus to which it belongs.

Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Generic synonyms: Species

Medical Definition of Type species

1. The nominal species that is the name-bearing type of a nominal genus or subgenus. (09 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Type Species

type I diabetes mellitus
type I dip
type i error
type I familial hyperlipoproteinaemia
type I H/S mucopolysaccharidosis
type I hyperlipoproteinaemia
type I interferon
type I mortality
type locality
type material
type metal
type O
type of architecture
type series
type species (current term)
type species (current term)
type specimen
type specimen
type strain
type VIII mucopolysaccharidosis
type VII mucopolysaccharidosis
type VI mucopolysaccharidosis
type V acrocephalosyndactyly
type V familial hyperlipoproteinaemia
type V mucopolysaccharidosis
Typha
Typhaceae
Typha angustifolia
Typha latifolia
typhinia

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