LUSUS NATURAE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed

Synonyms:

freak; lusus naturae; monster; monstrosity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("lusus naturae" is a kind of...):

mutant; mutation; sport; variation ((biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lusus naturae"):

leviathan (the largest or most massive thing of its kind)

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