1 a small amount of sth that shows what the rest of it is like:
Astronauts have brought back specimens of rock from the moon. * Can you give me a specimen of your handwriting?
2 an example of sth, especially an animal or a plant:
The aquarium has some interesting specimens of unusual tropical fish. * Redwood trees can live for a long time; one specimen is 4000 years old. * (humorous) They were fine specimens of British youth!
3 a small quantity of blood, URINE, etc. that is taken from sb and tested by a doctor:
to provide / take a specimen
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for specimen is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is specimen a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, specimen is tagged as noun.
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