protype
noun
pro·type
ˈprō+ˌ-
: the first intact described specimen of a fossil species previously known only from an incomplete type
Word History
Etymology
pro- entry 1 + type
- protocolary
- protocoled
- Protocoleoptera
- protocoleopteran
- protocoleopteron
- protocoleopterous
- protocolic
- protocoling
- protocolise
- protocolised
- protocolises
- protocolising
- protocolist
- protocolists
- protocolize
- protocolized
- protocolizes
- protocolizing
- protocolled
- protocolling
- protocols
- protoconch
- protoconchal
- protocontinents
- protoconule