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type locality

Syllabification: (type lo·cal·i·ty)
Definition of type locality

noun

  • 1 Botany & Zoology the place in which a type specimen was found.
  • 2 Geology a place where deposits regarded as defining the characteristics of a particular geological formation or period occur.

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