lusus naturae (English, noun)
expansion: lusus naturae (plural lusus naturae)
Senses:
qualifier: originally
glosses: 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.
tags: historical
glosses: An organism exhibiting marked such deviation from the norm, seeming to be the result of sportive design; a freak of nature.
tags: countable
Forms:
form: lusus naturae
tags: plural