[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A mineral containing barium, now regarded as a variety of calcite.

- A specimen chosen to serve as a new type in a case where the original type material has been lost or destroyed, or is inadequate in some way.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in James Dana (1813–1895), geologist, zoologist, and teacher. From neo- + type