mutant

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/ˈmjuːtənt/ English

Definitions

noun

Something which has mutated, which has one or more new characteristics from a mutation.“Your plaid fish are mutants.”
Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre.“Your neighbor seems to be a mutant; he’s so cringy!”

adjective

Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation.“Your mutant fish are dying.”
Strange, abnormal, or bizarre.“Your mutant brother just growled at me again!”

noun

An object in a program that serves as a lock, used to negotiate mutual exclusion among threads.

Related words

Synonyms

mutant mutation sport variant engineer freak deviant mutates mutations variants aberration deviation aberrant oddity anomaly monstrosity chimera

Associated

ninja weaning homozygous heterozygous magneto shredder allele embryos abnormalities gestation alleles cyclops

Rhymes

pollutant blue tint

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