MUTANT

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does mutant mean? 

• MUTANT (noun)
  The noun MUTANT has 2 senses:

1. (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
2. an animal that has undergone mutation

  Familiarity information: MUTANT used as a noun is rare.

• MUTANT (adjective)
  The adjective MUTANT has 1 sense:

1. tending to undergo or resulting from mutation

  Familiarity information: MUTANT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUTANT (noun)

Meaning:

(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

mutant; mutation; sport; variation

Hypernyms ("mutant" is a kind of...):

being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mutant"):

freak; lusus naturae; monster; monstrosity (a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed)

Meaning:

An animal that has undergone mutation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mutant" is a kind of...):

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

• MUTANT (adjective)

Meaning:

Tending to undergo or resulting from mutation

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a mutant gene

Pertainym:

mutation ((genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism)