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• The body part was rudimentary or absent in 1% of specimens.From the entry absent
• Grocery stores show off their produce by placing the most attractive specimens in front.From the entry show off
• The tree frog that they encountered was truly a fine specimen.From the entry fine
• He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man.From the entry obnoxious
• "I always thought a begonia was a houseplant!" exclaimed Sue, staring at the towering tropical specimen.From the entry houseplant
• The butterfly collection had each specimen labeled with the scientific name on a little piece of paper.From the entry labeled
• The kelp specimen uses its haptera to anchor itself to the rocks.From the entry haptera
• I keep my specimens under glass to protect them.From the entry keep
• This rare and possibly unique specimen must be conserved.From the entry possibly
• The specimen is a very dwarf form of the plant.From the entry dwarf
• The chosen specimen typifies plants belonging to that species.From the entry typify
• Most of the cancelled specimens were somewhat less valuable philatelically.From the entry cancelled
• This is a most unusual specimen.From the entry most
• The surgeon sent a specimen of the cyst to the hospital's pathology department for staining and analysis to determine its histologic subtype.From the entry pathology
• “Specimen collection?” The man held it away as Embry grabbed for it.2026 May 26, Anna-Marie McLemore, We Could Be Anyone, Feiwel & Friends, →ISBN. From the entry evening botanist
• These specimens have the "lutestrings" of or, and the "figure of 80" characteristic of octogessima.2023, Richard South, The Moths of the British Isles. From the entry lutestring
• Objective 3 included the incorporation of several thousand additional specimens into the web-accessible, Afrotropical tephritid database (M.2022 September 6 (last accessed), United States Department of Agriculture, “Archived copy”, in AFRICAN TEPHRITIDAE: INVASIVE SPECIES…. From the entry Afrotropical
• The alloy specimens were extracted from homogenized plates using wire-EDM and allowed for thermal treatment (betatization).2021 May 18, T. Kalinga, S.M. Murigendrappa, S. Kattimani, “Pseudoelastic Behavior of Boron-Doped β₁-Type Cu-Al-Be Shape Memory Alloys”…. From the entry betatize
• The perfect human specimen destined to lead us against the reptilians. ¶ We are all witness.2017 October 16, 4chan, /pol/, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2023. From the entry gigachad
• Have recorded over a dozen specimens in which the macronucleus is unquestionably double.2016, Francis Stevens, “Elf Trap”, in Nightmares! And other stories, page 56. From the entry pulverate
• That delicious specimen of a man is for the gods, hunty!2015, Yoshe, Crazy in Love 2, Urban Books, LLC (2015), unnumbered page. From the entry hunty
• Plant specimens were mounted for permanent storage on sheets of ragbond paper along with their corresponding label.2015 August 11, Nemer E. Narchi et al., “An ethnomedicinal study of the Seri people; a group of hunter-gatherers and fishers native to the…. From the entry ragbond
• The desire to maintain specimens intact is shared by bioarcheologists too.2015 August 6, Otto Appenzeller et al., “Bioarcheology: Medicine, Biology, and Forensic Sciences”, in BioMed Research International…. From the entry bioarcheologist
• A minithoracotomy (5 cm) is performed through which the specimen is resected.2015 August 5, Denise P. Veelo et al., “The effect of on-demand vs deep neuromuscular relaxation on rating of surgical and…. From the entry minithoracotomy
• For outgroup taxa, order and species names are given for each examined specimen.2015 December, Nancy I. Holcroft, “Variation in the Posttemporal-Supracleithrum Articulation in Euteleosts”, in Copeia, volume 103, number…. From the entry euteleosteomorph
• Specimens were deposited with the museum officials in Shennongjia, headquartered in the town of Muyu.2015, Kevin R. Messenger, Yong Wang, “Notes on the natural history and morphology of the Ningshan Lined Snake (Stichophanes ningshaanensis…. From the entry Muyu
• Collection of urine specimens from young children can also be problematic.2012 December 31, DB Barr, B Buckley, “Collection and Preparation of Human Biological Specimens for Contaminant Analysis”, in Heather…. From the entry diaper insert
• Specimen tied with waterproof label should be kept in fresh water until it gets rottened (1-5 days).2012 May, K. Venkataraman, Ch. Satyanarayana, “Difficulties in Coral Identification”, in Coral Identification Manual, Kolkata: Zoological…. From the entry rottened
• We also found the individual plant from which the type specimen of P. baokangensis was collected.2010, Hong De-Yuan, “Introduction”, in Peonies of the World: Taxonomy and Phytogeography, Kew Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1. From the entry Baokang
• We routinely apply the term “banana” to certain specimens of curvaceous yellowish soft fruit.2008 January 7, Glen Newey, Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hobbes and Leviathan, Routledge, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry bananahood
• Vikings were considered of inferior racial specimen during the Nordic atempts to civilise British Anglo-Saxony.2008 July 18, polkovniksandev@yahoo.com.au, “Anglo-Saxony's grievances towards the Nordics in 3 parts”, in soc.culture.baltics (Usenet)…. From the entry Anglo-Saxony
• The paragraph is a perfect specimen of corporate-speak: impressive to gaze upon, totally impossible to read.2006 February 6, Janet Maslin, “The Dark Corner of Dilbert's Cubicle”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry corporate-speak
• A holotype is a unique, name-bearing type specimen designated by the original author.2005, David Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel, Evolution of the Insects, Cambridge University Press, page 35. From the entry holotype
• Dermatologists’ understanding of the pathology and the optimal method of biopsy and specimen handling is extremely important.2004, Adrienne Rencic, “Clinicopathologic correlation in inflammatory dermatoses: a dermatologist’s perspective”, in AJSP: Reviews &…. From the entry clinicopathologic
• In all non-pterodactyloid specimens where this region is known metacarpals I–III are about the same length.2003, Eric Buffetaut, Jean-Michel Mazin, Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, page 117. From the entry synapomorphy
• Drugs feature in the Nights and other specimens of popular fiction in two contexts .2003, Robert Irwin, The Arabian Nights: A Companion, Tauris Parke Paperbacks, →ISBN. From the entry banj
• Their approach is to sort specimens based on their major morphological characteristics, rather than their strict taxonomy.2002, Andrew S. Pullin, Conservation Biology, page 160. From the entry morphospecies

Meaning of specimen

1. noun An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
2. noun A banknote printed for distribution to central banks to aid in the recognition of banknotes from a country other than their own.
3. noun A postage stamp sent to postmasters and postal administrations so that they are able to identify valid stamps and to avoid forgeries.

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Questions about specimen in a sentence

How do you use specimen in a sentence?

Specimen is used as a noun. For example: “The body part was rudimentary or absent in 1% of specimens.”

What is a short sentence with specimen?

“This is a most unusual specimen.”

What does specimen mean?

Specimen means an individual instance that represents a class; an example.