Vocabulary Word
Word: archetype
Definition: prototype; primitive pattern
Definition: prototype; primitive pattern
Sentences Containing 'archetype'
If we suppose that an early progenitor--the archetype, as it may be called--of all mammals, birds and reptiles, had its limbs constructed on the existing general pattern, for whatever purpose they served, we can at once perceive the plain signification of the homologous construction of the limbs throughout the class.
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