Meaning

1 senses
  1. An organism exhibiting a significant mutation that may form a new lineage according to macromutation theory.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Coined by German biologist Richard Goldschmidt.

Coined by German biologist Richard Goldschmidt.

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Forms

plural: hopeful monsters
Singularhopeful monster
Pluralhopeful monsters

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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