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mu·tate
 mutate
- pronunciation:
- myu
teIt
| part of speech: |
transitive verb & intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
mutated, mutates, mutating |
| definition: |
to display or cause to display a physical trait or characteristic that is different from one's parent or parents as a result of a change within a gene or chromosome.
The plants that had mutated had much larger leaves than the other plants of the same kind. |
| related words: |
change, transform, turn |
| derivation: |
mutative (adj.) |
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