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prototypical
[ proh-tuh-tip-i-kuhl ]
adjective
- being the original or model on which something is based or formed:
Even Los Angeles, the prototypical American automobile city, is rapidly expanding its public transit infrastructure.
- illustrating the typical qualities of a class or group:
Scotty played center field as a quick, prototypical lead-off hitter.
The International Harvester Farmall letter series, well-built and affordable, became an iconic symbol of the prototypical American small-farm tractor.
- Biology. being a primitive form regarded as the basis of a group; archetypal:
She graduated with a degree in biology, having conducted her senior thesis research on virulence factors of vaccinia, the prototypical poxvirus.
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