mutant

CEFRC2

/ˈmjuːtənt/

noun

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01
noun
An organism with a changed genetic feature.
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noun
Extra detail
Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre.

Examples

The entire colony will inherit the mutant DNA.
There are no reports on this mutation because such a mutant wouldn't even be born.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

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In context

Your mutant brother just growled at me again!
Your neighbor seems to be a mutant; he’s so cringy!
Furthermore, it is possible that there occasionally arises what may be called a mutant of very desirable character from a eugenic point of view.

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Furthermore, it is possible that there occasionally arises what may be called a mutant of very desirable character from a eugenic point of view.
1918, Paul Popenoe, Roswell Hill Johnson, Applied Eugenics
There does seem to have been some mutation among plants[…]but in animal life where are the mutants? When or where has a new species originated in this way?
1922, John Burroughs, The Last Harvest
"How did I ever get such ability?" he wondered. "No one else in our family has it. Am I some sort of a mutant? But if so, how or why? I never heard Dad or Mother mention it."
1953, E. Everett Evans, Man of Many Minds
She could really get to like this relationship with Raven, if it weren't for the fact that he's a homicidal mutant.
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 364
Scientists have created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic drinks bottles—by accident.
2018 April 16, Damian Carrington, “Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles”, in The Guardian

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From Latin mūtāns, present participle of mūtō. By surface analysis, muta- + -ant.