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That which has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation.
- 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?
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Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre.informal
- Your neighbor seems to be a mutant; he’s so cringy!
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Synonym of mutex.
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A changed version of a program, developed as part of mutation testing.
mutant
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Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation.not-comparable
- mutant DNA
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Strange, abnormal, or bizarre.informalnot-comparable
- Your mutant brother just growled at me again!