mutant

[ myoot-nt ]

adjective

1. undergoing or resulting from mutation.

noun

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

mutant

/ ˈmjuːtənt /

noun

1. Also calledmutation an animal, organism, or gene that has undergone mutation

adjective

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

Other Words From

• un·mutant adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mutant¹

1900–05; < Latin mūtant- (stem of mūtāns ), present participle of mūtāre to change; -ant

Word History and Origins

Origin of mutant¹

C20: from Latin mutāre to change

Example Sentences

In addition to unraveling the molecular makeup of pyrenoids, his team has generated a library of 60,000 Chlamydomonas mutants—the first of its kind for a single-celled photosynthetic organism.

From MIT Technology Review

The mutant did not attack the other male — he mated with him!

From Quanta Magazine

This suggested that the mutant’s problem was not with mating, but in distinguishing what is male from what is female.

From Quanta Magazine

They then infected human cells in Petri dishes with these kneecapped mutants to see if they could still replicate and thrive.

From Singularity Hub 

As detailed in a research paper published Monday, the mutant PETase can be combined with another enzyme called MHETase, found in the same trash-dwelling bacterium.

From Fortune

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles means a lot of things to a lot of people.

From The Daily Beast

Nearly 30 years ago, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles inadvertently triggered an environmental crisis in England.

From The Daily Beast

When the raven-man promises Bran that he will “fly,” does he mean the boy is about to morph into mutant bird as well?

From The Daily Beast

In lieu of bone marrow transplants, scientists hope to use stem cells to serve as the future vectors of mutant CCR5 proteins.

From The Daily Beast

This silky rendition of the 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' theme song is irrepressibly groovy.

From The Daily Beast

The other way was through the services of a skrenning mutant.

From Project Gutenberg

He realized that he was in the Mutant Quarter, not far from Myla's house.

From Project Gutenberg

And Urson had already loped a couple of steps after the fleeting mutant, now halfway down the block.

From Project Gutenberg

Bakka is the oldest science fiction bookstore in the world, and it made me the mutant I am today.

From Project Gutenberg

This is clearly the meaning of Tacitus, 'Arva per annos mutant et superest ager.'

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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