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Type species has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

A species which has been designated as typical of a genus, and is chosen as the species according to which the genus is named.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
species
Rhyming Words
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