Prototype
Prototype noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.
Usage example: a literary character who is universally regarded as the ultimate prototype of the spoiled, willful Southern belle
Specimen is a synonym for prototype in example topic. In some cases you can use "Specimen" instead a noun "Prototype", when it comes to topics like sample.
Specimen
Specimen noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.
Usage example: chose one frog as a good specimen of the breed
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Blessed with Suck: Commander Bradford's Combat Clairvoyance apparently cannot be shut off on its own, and he literally grabbed the first never-tested-on-live-specimen prototype of a portable suppressor he could reach when Shen opened the case of them.
Source: Fanfic / Arad's Stardust
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