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typus

Pronunciation: [ˈty.pʊs]

“typus” is a Latin word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. bas-relief
  2. ground-plan
  3. a mystical figure or symbol, a prefiguration or portent
  4. type, form, sort, kind
  5. a coin die
  6. literature, printed material, books
  7. a printing house, a printery
  8. When it is the specific epithet of a binomial name, indicates it is the type species.
  9. A periodic fever.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῠ́πος (tŭ́pos, “mark”, “impression”, “type”), from τῠ́πτω (tŭ́ptō, “to strike, beat”).

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