What is (a) That which presents the full character of the type of a group. (b) A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region called?

representative — (Nat.Hist.) (a) That which presents the full character of the type of a group. (b) A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region. (Webster's 1913.)

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