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mu·tant

(myo͞ot′nt)

1. An organism, cell, virus, or gene resulting from genetic mutation.

2. Slang One that is suggestive of a genetic mutant, as in bizarre appearance or inaptitude.

adj.

1. Resulting from genetic mutation: a mutant strain of bacteria.

2. Slang Suggestive of a genetic mutant.

[Latin mūtāns, mūtant-, present participle of mūtāre, to change; see mutate.]

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mutant

(ˈmjuːtənt)

(Genetics) Also called: mutation an animal, organism, or gene that has undergone mutation

adj

of, relating to, undergoing, or resulting from change or mutation

[C20: from Latin mutāre to change]

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mu•tant

(ˈmyut nt)

n.

1. a new type of organism produced as the result of mutation.

adj.

2. undergoing or resulting from mutation.

[1900–05; < Latin mūtant- (s. of mūtāns), present participle of mūtāre to change]

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Noun 1. [画像:mutant - (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration]mutant - (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

mutation, sport, variation

organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms

freak, lusus naturae, monstrosity, monster - a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed

2. mutant - an animal that has undergone mutation

animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Adj. 1. mutant - tending to undergo or resulting from mutation; "a mutant gene"

mutant

noun

1. freak, monster, mutation, deviant, oddity, monstrosity, freak of nature, lusus naturae He will play the part of evil mutant, Magneto.

adjective

1. freakish, crooked, distorted, warped, deformed, misshapen stories about strange mutant beasts

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mutant

Mutante

mutantti

mutant

mutant

[ˈmjuːtənt]

A. ADJ → mutante

B. N → mutante mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mutant

[ˈmjuːt^ənt]

adj → mutant(e)

n → mutant m

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mutant

n → Mutante f (spec), → Mutation f

adj → mutierend

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mutant

[ˈmjuːtənt] adj & n → mutante (m/f)

mu·tant

a. mutante, rel. a un organismo que ha pasado por mutaciones.

mutant

adj & n mutante m

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