lusus naturæ

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lusus naturæ teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı

An organism exhibiting marked phænotypic deviation from the norm, seeming to be the result of sportive design

A supposed capricious act of Nature regarded as the cause and origin of marked phænotypic anomalies in a given organism

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lusûs naturæ

plural form of lusus naturæ

Helen-Judith, if now living, would be great objects of interest to Millie-Christine, and vice versâ ; for the two pairs seem to have made a nearer approach to similarity than any other examples of such lusûs naturæ.

Eş anlamlılar

god's joke, freak of nature, lusus

Etimoloji

() ; singular From Latin lūsus nātūræ (“sport of Nature”),“” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary from lūsus (“playing”, “sport”) + nātūræ (“of Nature”), genitive singular form of nātūra (“Nature”). ; plural From Latin lūsūs nātūræ (“sports of Nature”), from lūsūs (“playings”, “sports”), nominative plural form of lūsus + nātūræ.