| Definition
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An entity that can be identified, exists for some period of time, and consists in whole or in part of physical matter while it exists. (Source https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#materialentity)
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| Comments
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This term describes any kind of a physical DNA, tissue or environmental sample, preserved specimen, fossil, or exemplar from living collections
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| Examples
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an instance of a herbarium sheet with its attached plant specimen
an instance of a frozen tissue sample
a specific water sample
a particular wolf in a zoo
a specific deep-frozen DNA sample
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