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   specimen

   /ˈspɛsɪmɪn/

   noun

   • 1. an individual animal, plant, piece of a mineral, etc. used as an example of its species or type for scientific study or display: "specimens of copper ore"
   • ▪ an example of something regarded as typical of its class or group: "a specimen paper of the new test"
   • ▪ a sample for medical testing, especially of urine.
   • 2. used to refer humorously to a person or animal: informal "Carla could not help feeling a degree of reluctant admiration for this odd female specimen"

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the sense ‘pattern, model’): from Latin, from specere ‘to look’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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