Meaning & use
Typal
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Relating to or serving as a type, especially a taxonomic type specimen.
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The museum keeps the typal specimen used to first describe the species.
Its typal features distinguish this genus from closely related ones.
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Used chiefly in biological taxonomy to describe features or specimens that define a type category.
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typicalcharacteristic
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