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Another word for specimen

Noun

  1. One that is representative of a group or class

    2. See also:

    substitute

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Another word for specimen

Noun
    2. See also:

    example

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Sentence Examples

  • It was the basis of the earliest specimen of Provençal literature.

  • From this time onward he occupied himself with the composition of his chief work, The Light of Nature Pursued, of which in 1763 he published a specimen under the title of "Free Will."

  • The aye-aye was discovered by Pierre Sonnerat in 1780, the specimen brought to Paris by that traveller being the only one known until 1860.

  • (From specimen in the British Museum.

  • The St Bernard attains as great a size as that of any other breed, a fine specimen being between 60 and 70 in.

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