mutant

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an organism that is different from others of its type because of a permanent change in its genes:

These mutants lack a vital protein which gives them immunity to the disease.

This mutant gene is thought to cause cancer.

figurative humorous I'm convinced he's a mutant - he's not at all like the rest of our family!

an unpleasant and frightening thing:

The result of these experiments will be a nightmarish world filled with two-headed monsters and other mutants.

a new type of organism that is a result of the process of mutation