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Every once in a while, though, a mutant MOV (multi-ovary) plant occurs, which may have up to three ovaries per floret.—New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2025 Burning Man art installations, mutant vehicles and performances will grace the streets of Oakland in an event that is meant to help participants transition back to daily life and share the spirit of self-expression and community found at the Burn.—Laura A. Oda, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025 The super-powered mutant team's official move into the MCU was made possible thanks to Disney and Fox’s merger in 2019.—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025 The genetic rescue prevented the severe autoimmune disease in the male scurfy mice and confirmed that the mutant Foxp3 was the source of the problem.—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mutant
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Etymology
Latin mutant-, mutans, present participle of mutare
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