Specimen

Specimen may refer to:

==Science and technology== Sample (material), a limited quantity of something which is intended to be similar to and represent a larger amount Biological specimen or biospecimen, an organic specimen held by a biorepository for research Laboratory specimen, a biological specimen taken by sampling Zoological specimen, an animal or part of an animal preserved for scientific use Botanical specimen, a plant or part of a plant used for scientific purposes Herbarium, a collection of preserved plant specimens for scientific study Type specimen (mineralogy), a reference sample by which a mineral is defined