TYPE SPECIES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does type species mean? 

• TYPE SPECIES (noun)
  The noun TYPE SPECIES has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TYPE SPECIES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TYPE SPECIES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("type species" is a kind of...):

species ((biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

 Context examples 

The type species of PARAMYXOVIRUS also called hemadsorption virus 2 (HA2), which causes laryngotracheitis in humans, especially children.

(Human Parainfluenza Virus 1, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Avian Leukosis virus is the type species.

(Alpharetrovirus, NCI Thesaurus)

MEASLES VIRUS is the type species.

(Morbillivirus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The type species of lentivirus and the etiologic agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

(Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1, NCI Thesaurus)

The type species of RUBULAVIRUS that causes an acute infectious disease in humans, affecting mainly children.

(Mumps Virus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The type species is Helicobacter pylori.

(Helicobacter, NCI Thesaurus)

Virulent bacteriophage and type species of the genus T4-Like Phages, in the family MYOVIRIDAE.

(Bacteriophage T4, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Bovine Leukemia Virus is the type species.

(Deltaretrovirus, NCI Thesaurus)

The genus has one recognized group (Hantaan group) consisting of several species including Dobrava-Belgrade virus, Seoul virus, Prospect Hill virus, Puumala virus, Thottapalayam virus, and HANTAAN VIRUS, the type species.

(Hantavirus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

HIV-1 is the type species.

(Lentivirus, NCI Thesaurus)