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Spell Bee Word: Specimen


What does specimen mean?

Word: Specimen

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Specimen means one example or small amount of something, taken so that it can be studied or tested, such as a leaf, a rock or a drop of blood.

Synonyms: example

How do you spell specimen?

Syllables: spec - i - men

Tricky part: The middle vowel is i (spec-i-men), not e. The s sound is a c, so spesimen is wrong.

Watch out for: specimin, speceman, spesimen

Memory tip: Specimen shares its first five letters with species and special: s-p-e-c-i. Start there, as scientists start with a species.

Specimen in a sentence

Example 1: The nurse took a blood specimen for testing.

Example 2: We collected a leaf specimen from every tree in the school garden.

Example 3: The museum keeps a rare specimen of a dodo skeleton.

Fun Fact

The Natural History Museum in London cares for about 80 million specimens, from tiny insects to dinosaur bones.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) microscope
b) experiment
c) laboratory
d) specimun

Show answer

d) specimun. The last part is men, a small word you already know.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: specimen

a) whole
b) mixture
c) sample
d) forgery

Show answer

c) sample. A specimen is a sample taken for study.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

speciment

a) e
b) t
c) n
d) i

Show answer

b) t. Experiment ends in t, but specimen does not.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A lab worker would call which of these a specimen?

a) a poster on a lab wall
b) a drop of pond water for testing
c) a jar of sweets in a shop
d) a ticket for a science museum

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b) a drop of pond water for testing

2. What is the plural of specimen?

a) specimenes
b) specimens
c) specimeni
d) specimen's

Show answer

b) specimens

Associated Words

Words that start with spec: speculation, speculate, spectator, specialist, speculative, spectacular

More words from this list

vertebrate, ambiguous, cartographer, cultivator, equilateral, hedge, mayonnaise, plankton

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