"type species" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "type species",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Taxonomy",
          "orig": "en:Taxonomy",
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      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "type genus"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "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)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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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        [
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        ],
        [
          "species",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(taxonomy) A species which has been designated as typical of a genus, and is chosen as the species according to which the genus is named."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "generitype"
        },
        {
          "word": "generic type"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "genotype"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "taxonomy"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "typavý vid",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "тыпавы́ від"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "typový druh"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "typesoort"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "nimilaji"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "típusfaj"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gatunek typowy"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tipovój vid",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "типово́й вид"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "typovýj vyd",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "типови́й вид"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "type species"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "type species"
}

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    {
      "word": "type genus"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "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)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A species which has been designated as typical of a genus, and is chosen as the species according to which the genus is named."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "taxonomy",
          "taxonomy"
        ],
        [
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          "species"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(taxonomy) A species which has been designated as typical of a genus, and is chosen as the species according to which the genus is named."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "taxonomy"
      ],
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        "type species"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "generitype"
    },
    {
      "word": "generic type"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "genotype"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "typavý vid",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тыпавы́ від"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "typový druh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "typesoort"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "nimilaji"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "típusfaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gatunek typowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tipovój vid",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "типово́й вид"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "typovýj vyd",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "типови́й вид"
    }
  ],
  "word": "type species"
}