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Definition

a sample regarded as typical of its class; or a bit of tissue, blood, or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes

specimens = examples regarded as typical of its class

they collected a tissue specimen for analysis
Her mouth partly open, she turned slowly through the pages, nodding at particular specimens.
Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing

specimens = samples representative of their class

If he had been whole, he would have been a fine specimen of a man.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

specimen = example

Whoever killed Leonardo wanted one thing—the antimatter specimen.
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons

specimen = sample

This specimen was bred in the zoo.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

specimen = an example regarded as typical for its kind of animal

About the hall were the mounted heads of many animals — lions, tigers, elephants, moose, bears; larger or more perfect specimens Rainsford had never seen.
Richard Connell -- The Most Dangerous Game

specimens = samples representative of their class

Tate gave her a microscope and installed worktables, shelves, and closets for her specimens.
Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing

specimens = samples representative of their class

...and I wondered if they were all like the specimen I had seen the first day I started to school.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

specimen = sample or example

"Come in," she said, and led him into the small living room chockfull with her specimens.
Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing

specimens = samples representative of their class

He made kitchen cabinets of heart pine, hung a new front door, a new screen on the porch, and made shelves for her specimens from floor to ceiling.
Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing

specimens = samples representative of their class

For each specimen—hundreds, maybe thousands of them—it was the same.
Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing

specimen = an sample regarded as typical of its class

He had no interest in learning the shells or feathers himself and questioned her when she scribbled notes in her journal or collected specimens.
Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing

specimens = samples representative of their class

Now at last Kya could label all her precious specimens.
Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing

specimens = samples representative of their class

And even though she couldn't write, Kya had found a way to label her specimens.
Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing

specimens = samples representative of their class

You'd gone to the considerable expense to procure a specimen,
J.D. Robb -- Immortal in Death

specimen = an sample regarded as typical of its class

This request, too, the lawyers refused, much to the regret of Milton Greeman, curator of Wistar's renowned collection of medical specimens.
Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
But the Psych Warfare boys did get live specimens, so I suppose Operation Royalty was a success.
Robert A. Heinlein -- Starship Troopers
And I'm not a particularly handsome specimen!
Eugene Ionesco -- Rhinoceros
I became increasingly aware that the man was staring at me, not impolitely, but as though he were studying an unknown specimen.
Katherine Paterson -- Jacob Have I Loved

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