lusus naturae

lusus naturae

(ˈluːsʊs næˈtʊəriː) na freak, mutant, or monster. Also called: lusus [C17: Latin: whim of nature]

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lusus naturae - a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformedfreak, monstrosity, monsterleviathan - the largest or most massive thing of its kind; "it was a leviathan among redwoods"; "they were assigned the leviathan of textbooks"mutant, mutation, sport, variation - (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration