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mutant

DEFINITIONS OF: mutant

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n an animal that has undergone mutation

Type of:
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

n (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

Synonyms:
mutation, sport, variation
Types:
freak, lusus naturae, monster, monstrosity
a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
leviathan
the largest or most massive thing of its kind
Type of:
being, organism
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

adj tending to undergo or resulting from mutation

“a mutant gene”
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