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Lusus naturae

noun
1.
A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed.  Synonyms: freak, monster, monstrosity.





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"Lusus naturae" Quotes from Famous Books



... of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae. The face is an object of curiosity for years or centuries, and by and by a boy is born, whose features gradually assume the aspect of that portrait. At some critical juncture, the resemblance is found to be perfect. A prophecy may ...
— Passages From The American Notebooks, Volume 1 • Nathaniel Hawthorne


Words linked to "Lusus naturae" :   freak, leviathan, monstrosity, mutant, variation, monster, sport, mutation


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