📚 Specimen, noun. 🔉 /ˈspɛsɪmɪn/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition: An individual animal, plant, piece of a mineral, etc. used as an example of its species or type for scientific study or display. ❗️ Examples: 1. Specimens of copper ore. 2. Another corner of the display showed zoological specimens, minerals and ores, and surgical instruments. 3. Its displays cover millions of specimens, including fossils, meteorites, mammals, plants, minerals, and insects. 4. Ray then spent thirteen years travelling around Britain and Europe collecting specimens and studying animals. 5. Borack shows the specific cases holding mammals, birds, paleontological specimens, fish and reptiles. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic