holotype
noun/ˈhoʊloʊtaɪp/
Frequency rank: #16,971 most common English word
Meaning
The single specimen designated as the name-bearing type of a biological species.
Example sentence
Scientists confirmed that the fossil found in the museum was the holotype for the newly described dinosaur species.
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