SPECIMEN

[noun] [C] - something shown or examined as an example; a typical exampleHe has a collection of rare insect specimens.Museums will pay large amounts of money for good dinosaur fossil specimens.The astronauts brought back specimens of moon rock.We have a splendid specimen of a maple in our garden.This plant is a rather weedy specimen.A specimen (of urine or blood) is a small amount of urine or blood used for testing.He was charged with failing to provide a specimen for analysis after he had been stopped by the police for drunk driving.The doctor took a specimen of blood from the patient's arm.I was sent away with a specimen jar and told to bring in a urine sample the following day.(informal) Matt is a fine specimen of a man.(informal) He was such a miserable specimen (= type of person), the children said.We were given a specimen copy (= an example) of the form to look at before we had to fill it in.When I opened my bank account, I was asked to provide a specimen signature.