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Adjective: prototypical  ,prow-tu'ti-pi-kul or ,prow-tow'ti-pi-kul
  1. Representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned
    "prototypical patterns";
    - archetypal, archetypical, prototypal, prototypic

See also: 1st, first

Encyclopedia: Prototypical