specimen
Example Sentences
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De Sosa passed away while the research team was still studying the specimen.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
"It's a great specimen to be associated with."
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
The preserved vessels came from an extraordinary specimen known as Scotty.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026
Two dozen of Lewis’s plants are still missing, including his specimen of Erythranthe lewisii, his monkeyflower.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Though the species is usually to be found in the Mediterranean, a superb blue roan specimen was caught by merpeople off the shores of Scotland in 1949 and subsequently domesticated by them.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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Common Senses: Spec, Spect, Spic ("Look")
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