specimen

8 definitions • 14 examples

something shown or examined as an example; a typical example:

He has a collection of rare insect specimens.

Museums will pay large amounts of money for good dinosaur fossil specimens.

Astronauts brought back specimens of moon rock.

a small amount of blood or urine used for testing:

They took blood and urine specimens for analysis.

used to refer to something that is an example of a particular thing :

The signature on the letter must be compared with the specimen signature held by the company.

Specimen papers of the new examinations were released to schools.

used to refer to a container for things collected for medical or scientific use:

Various bits of bone were laid out in specimen jars.

The urine is collected in a specimen cup.

used to refer to a plant or tree that is grown as a main point of interest in a garden:

A specimen tree on the lawn beside the Manor House is 130 years old.

This lilac thrives in full sun and can be used as a background plant for smaller plants, or as a specimen plant.

Any type of rose can be used as a specimen shrub.

something shown or examined as an example; a typical example:

He has a collection of rare insect specimens.

medical A specimen is a small amount of something, such as urine or blood, taken for testing.

something that is used or can be examined as a typical example:

You'll find specimens of most of the kind of letters you will need to write at every stage of the job application process.

The urine specimens were used for drug testing.