Mutants

/ˈmjuːtənts/ noun

Definition

Organisms (animals, plants, or people) that have changed genetically from their normal form, or fictional characters with superhuman powers from genetic changes.

Etymology

From Latin 'mutare' (to change). First used scientifically in the 1900s when geneticists observed unexpected changes in organisms; popularized in comics and science fiction.

Kelly Says

Real mutants happen all the time in nature—a white tiger is a mutant, some people have natural immunity to diseases because of mutations, and all humans have hundreds of tiny mutations in our DNA!

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