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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
1M2U3T4A5N6T

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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