Type (biology)
In biology, a type is a specimen, or example, of a specific living thing or taxon, which is a group of specific living things.  For example, if a scientist catches one frog that is not any species of frog already known, then that frog is the type of a new species of frog. That species will have a new scientific name. In older English writings from before 1900, plant scientists used the word type for groups of specific living things instead of specimens.