Associations to the word «Specimen»
Noun
- Fungus
- Appendage
- Nomenclature
- Catalogue
- Vertebrate
- Biologist
- Garden
- Tooth
- Measuring
- Jar
- Beetle
- Illumination
- Jaw
- Photo
- Roth
- Engraving
- Artifact
- Cactus
- Fragment
- Maturity
- Spore
- Guernsey
- Variability
- Anatomy
- Leiden
- Excitation
- Formation
- Collect
- Tint
- Seedling
- Tissue
- Exhibit
- Mushroom
- Butterfly
- Curator
- Identification
- Drummond
- Synonym
- Examination
- Wild
- Basalt
- Geology
- Mollusc
- Description
- Forewing
- Plant
- Bone
- Imaging
- Magnolia
- Cites
- Abdomen
- Madagascar
- Apex
- Banks
- Lifespan
- Spectrometry
- Banknote
- Marking
- Fern
- Orchid
- Preservation
- Smear
- Diameter
- Tortoise
- Testing
- Linnaeus
- Natal
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
SPECIMEN, noun. An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
SPECIMEN, noun. A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
SPECIMEN, noun. (humorous) (often preceded with “fine”) An eligible man.
Dictionary definition
SPECIMEN, noun. An example regarded as typical of its class.
SPECIMEN, noun. A bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes; "they collected a urine specimen for urinalysis".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.