mutant
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈmjuːtənt/
- Specialized
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mutante
- Scientists discovered a new type of mutant that can survive in extreme conditions.
- mutant gene
- mutant protein
- mutant virus
We're digging Coach Carter with mutants, inner city mutants.
- We're digging Coach Carter with mutants, inner city mutants.
- And on the surface it's like, well, they were held in the mutants prison, so.
- And no one wants to sell their ape or their mutant.
- And this reminds me of the dude that Batman fights into the mutant leader.
- And now these mutants sort of rule, rule the planet and it's full of dangers and radioactive toxic.
Examples
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This is a mutant.
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I must face the undeniable and chilling truth, that I am a mutant.
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Look at our little mutant babies!
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Will that turn you into a mutant?
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When loose and free, she is the most powerful mutant in terms of raw strength and capacity.
Academic text (2012) -
It's like we have mutants living among us on planet Earth.
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The relative survival of the wild type and mutant is assessed in each microcosm.
Academic text (1995) -
And I just want to tell you some fun facts about the mutants that live among you redheads.
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I am a mutant
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The book describes how a mutant plant grew unusually large due to genetic changes.
Synonyms
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4.9
A different form of something, like a virus or recipe
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5.3
An animal or plant that has changed traits often passed to its young
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9.3
A plant part that is different from the rest because of a natural change
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.8
A gene that has changed and makes a feature appear or work differently
How Modified
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mutant comes from the Latin mutare, meaning 'to change', the same root you see in mutate. As a noun, a mutant is an animal or plant that has been changed by its genes, so the word literally names a 'changed' organism.