specimen
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
specimen /ˈspɛsɪmɪn/
▶noun
- 1 an individual animal, plant, object, etc. used as an example of its species or type for scientific study or display.
■ an example of something regarded as typical of its class or group.
[as modifier] a specimen signature.■ informal used to refer humorously to a person or animal.
- 2 a sample for medical testing, especially of urine.
– origin C17 (in the sense ‘pattern, model’): from L., from specere ‘to look’.
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