(n.) A part or small portion, of anything or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole or of what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man's handwriting; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one's art.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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