zoological specimen

collocation in English

meaningsofzoologicalandspecimen

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zoological
adjective
uk
/ˌzuː.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌzoʊ.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to the scientific study of animals, especially ...
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specimen
noun[C]
uk
/ˈspes.ə.mɪn/us
/ˈspes.ə.mɪn/
something shown or examined as an example; a ...
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(Definition ofzoologicalandspecimenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The animal may be an exoticzoologicalspecimen, the last of its strain, or may be liked sentimentally by its owner.
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In addition, live zoological specimens have been admissible without payment under open individual licences held by certain zoos for various periods.
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In addition, 1,888 dogs, 193 cats, 146 other canines, felines, and zoological specimens, and two goats, were detained in quarantine at places other than ports.
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I do not mean that they should be examined as zoological specimens through the bars at a zoo.
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In addition, for educational reasons licences have been issued to certain zoos permitting the import withoutpayment of unlimited numbers of live zoological specimens.
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He started collecting zoological specimens in these travels and amassed a large collection of paintings of animals which he got local artists to make.
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The collection contains around 67,000 zoological specimens, many of which are very rare and several of which have been rediscovered only recently in storage.
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The naturalists on board made a collection of over 100,000 zoological specimens.
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He also enlarged it, arranging the purchase of adjoining plots of land and acquiring new botanical and zoological specimens from all over the world.
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Many zoological specimens have been collected in the park.
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There are collections of art, of scientific specimens, of historic objects, of living zoological specimens and much more.
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He supplied foreign museums with botanical and zoological specimens.
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These cover botanical, entomological, and zoological specimens, fossils, and ethnographic collections.
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Together they collected over 100,000 zoological specimens.
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