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noun
an individual animal, plant, piece of a mineral, etc., used as an example of its species or type for scientific study or display.: 科学的研究や展示のためにその種や種類の標本として使われる個々の動物、植物、鉱物
(動物･植物などの)標本
an example of something such as a product or piece of work, regarded as typical of its class or group.: その種類やグループの特徴を表していると見なされている、製品や作品のようなもののサンプル
見本, 実例, 典型
a sample for medical testing, especially of urine.: 医療検査のサンプル、特に尿の。
(血液･尿などの)サンプル
informal used to refer humorously to a person or animal: ユーモラスに人や動物に言及するときに使われる
｟おどけて｠ 〖通例形容詞を伴って〗…な人, …なやつ
e.g. in her he found himself confronted by a sorrier specimen than himself.: 彼女の中で彼は自分自身よりも気の毒なやつと対峙させられていることがわかった。
ORIGIN
early 17th century (in the sense ‘pattern, model’): from Latin, from specere ‘to look’.