type species
A species which has been designated as typical of a genus, and is chosen as the…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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Meaning
1 sensesA species which has been designated as typical of a genus, and is chosen as the species according to which the genus is named.
The type species [of genus Esox] is E. lucius, the northern pike. The species of this genus are known as the pike. (Wikipedia article on Esox)
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- (biology) the species that best exemplifies the essential characteristics of the genus to which it belongs
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