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Word entry · 6 letters

mutant

Best crossword clue

"Organism with a mutation"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈmjuːtənt/Part of speech noun, adjectiveSorted amnttuStarts with MEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an animal that has undergone mutation

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • Furthermore, it is possible that there occasionally arises what may be called a mutant of very desirable character from a eugenic point of view.
  • 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?
  • "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."

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