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Type species

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  1. 1
    A 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)"

  2. 2
    (biology) the species that best exemplifies the essential characteristics of the genus to which it belongs wordnet

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