unique specimen
Singular individual item
A unique specimen is something or someone one-of-a-kind, often said with admiration or bemusement.
In scientific contexts, it refers to a singular example of a species or type: The fossil was a unique specimen, the only one ever found.
More loosely, it describes an unusual person: Your uncle is quite a unique specimen—suggesting eccentricity, distinctiveness, or being hard to categorize.
- rareSeldom found or seen
- rare findUncommon discovery
- one of a kindUtterly without equal
- one-of-a-kindHaving no equivalent
- singularOne in number
oddity · curiosity · cabinet of curiosities · anomaly · freak · mutant · genetic mutation · collector · collector's item · museum · museum piece · jar · preserved · peculiar · extraordinary · remarkable · holy grail · irreplaceable
- lone/single thingslone wolf, hermit, singleton, only child, sole survivor
unique specimencopy
Identical reproduction made
replica · duplicate · clone · reproduction · standard issue
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