type specimen type species • type station · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · type specimen · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 13 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made. Synonyms: type specimen, holotype. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · holotype · · Synonym 1 Characters · · space U+0020 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E p latin small letter p U+0070 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 y latin small letter y U+0079