prototypal

pro·to·type  (prt-tp)

n.

1. An original type, form, or instance serving as a basis or standard for later stages.

2. An original, full-scale, and usually working model of a new product or new version of an existing product.

3. An early, typical example.

4. Biology A form or species that serves as an original type or example.

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[French, from Greek prtotupon, from neuter of prtotupos, original : prto-, proto- + tupos, model.]

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proto·typal (-tpl), proto·typic (-tpk), proto·typi·cal (--kl) adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

prototypal - representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned; "archetypal patterns"; "she was the prototypal student activist" archetypal, archetypical, prototypic, prototypical first - preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"