freak of nature
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freak of nature
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From lusus naturae, from Latin lūsus nātūrae (literally “sport of nature”), originally used to explain fossils or abnormalities such as two-headed snakes.
noun freaks of nature
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A monstrosity; a malformation; an abnormal organism.
Similar: aberration, abnormality, anomaly, deformity, freak, monster, mutant, mutation, oddity, rarity, lusus naturae
- In the variety-show business, a person or an animal on exhibition as showing some strange deviation from nature, such as a bearded woman or an albino. He read old almanacs at the book-stalls on the quays, and he began to frequent another café, where more newspapers were taken and his post-prandial demi-tasse cost him a penny extra, and where he used to con the tattered sheets for curious anecdotes, freaks of nature, and strange coincidences.
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noun monstrosity
| Español | fenómeno / engendro / aborto de la naturaleza, aberración / rareza / monstruosidad de la naturaleza |
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title = {freak of nature},
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