mutant
adjective
undergoing or resulting from mutation.
mutants
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pluralof mutant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"In our PEX11 mutants, these vesicles either don't form or are abnormally small and rare, and so we see these massive peroxisomes, way larger than normal."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026
Bosses waited to unleash their mutants, but now the shackles are off as the latest teaser confirms they're entering the MCU.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
The series itself has gotten so bored with the beasties that it continues to invent new ugly mutants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025
The surface is now home to scavengers, soldiers, mutants, and ghouls, all doing their best to survive on spoiled food, brackish water, and whatever’s left in long-abandoned vending machines.
From Salon ● May 12, 2025
The mutants, again, would prove crucial to these experiments: only the outliers could illuminate the nature of normal heredity.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
