specimen
pronunciation
How to pronounce specimen in British English:
UK [ˈspesɪmən]
How to pronounce specimen in American English:
US [ˈspesɪmən]
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- Noun:
- an example regarded as typical of its class
- a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes
Word Origin
- specimen (n.)
- 1610s, "pattern, model," from Latin specimen "indication, mark, example, sign, evidence; that by which a thing is known, means of knowing," from specere "to look at" (see scope (n.1)). Meaning "single thing regarded as typical of its kind" first recorded 1650s.
Synonym
Example
- 1. This specimen is away below the average .
- 2. For instance , researchers could analyze a biological specimen to look for a telltale biomarker with a known mass .
- 3. This live specimen is of an orange fungia ( mushroom coral ) .
- 4. This is a close-up of a living red seaweed specimen ( martensia sp ) .
- 5. And the last meal of this particular specimen of microraptor did , indeed , have a long third toe .