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lusus naturae

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noun

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The correct spelling is lusus naturae. A sportive quality in Nature to which abnormal forms were formerly ascribed; a supposed capricious act of Nature regarded as the cause and origin of anomalies in a given organism.

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  1. 1.A sportive quality in Nature to which abnormal forms were formerly ascribed; a supposed capricious act of Nature regarded as the cause and origin of anomalies in a given organism.
  2. 2.An organism exhibiting marked such deviation from the norm, seeming to be the result of sportive design; a freak of nature.

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