teratological
- a word derived from teratology.
Example Sentences
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Displacement of the parts of the flower from elongation of the receptacle is a not infrequent teratological occurrence, resulting sometimes in the conversion of the verticillate into the spiral arrangement.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
Considered from a teratological point of view, there is no reason for considering the inferior ovary to be purely axial.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
Before my eyes there quivered a horrible monster worthy of a place among the most farfetched teratological legends.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.
Among men, arithmetical prodigies are looked upon as monsters, as a sort of extremely rare teratological phenomenon.
From The Unknown Guest by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
But where one part only of the leaf is excessively developed, the other portion remaining in its ordinary condition, there can be no hesitation in ranking the phenomenon as teratological.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
