[ 'spɛsɪmɪn ]
■ noun
1》 an individual animal, plant, object, etc. used as an example of its species or type for scientific study or display.
↘an example of something regarded as typical of its class or group: [as modifier ] a ~ signature.
↘ informal used to refer humorously to a person or animal.
2》 a sample for medical testing, especially of urine.
Origin
C17 (in the sense 'pattern, model'): from L., from specere 'to look'.