specimen

noun

1. An individual instance that represents a class; an example.

   “early specimens of the art of Picasso”

   “a specimen of my own handwriting”

   “"You're a nice specimen for a clergyman," he said at length, "with your preachin" an" your psalm-singin', an" your Sunday coat on."”

   “To assure a defendant's acquittal, a lawyer usually needed only to convince the jury that the victim was a pretty sorry specimen of a human being.”

2. An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
3. An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
4. (derogatory)An individual instance that represents a class; an example.

   “such a loathsome specimen of humanity”

5. A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
6. (humorous)An eligible man.