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NOUN (1)

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


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

type species
    n 1: (biology) the species that best exemplifies the essential
         characteristics of the genus to which it belongs