specimen
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The smaller specimen also had bone features typical of very early developmental stages.
From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026
Two dozen of Lewis’s plants are still missing, including his specimen of Erythranthe lewisii, his monkeyflower.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Xiao first encountered the fossil about five years ago when a collaborator sent him a photo of a specimen uncovered along the Yangtze River in China.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
The wing patterns, front and back, are centered on individual sheets, themselves screen printed to create standardized forms for specimen information and further ornamented with spatter-printed reliefs of butterflies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
I was like a scientist studying a specimen.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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Common Senses: Spec, Spect, Spic ("Look")
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