lusus naturae

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lusus naturae

(ˈluːsʊs næˈtʊəriː)
n
a freak, mutant, or monster. Also called: lusus
[C17: Latin: whim of nature]
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Noun1.lusus naturae - a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformedlusus naturae - a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
freak, monstrosity, monster
leviathan - the largest or most massive thing of its kind; "it was a leviathan among redwoods"; "they were assigned the leviathan of textbooks"
mutant, mutation, sport, variation - (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
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'The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae [freak of nature].
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After much debate, they concluded unanimously, that I was only RELPLUM SCALCATH, which is interpreted literally LUSUS NATURAE; a determination exactly agreeable to the modern philosophy of Europe, whose professors, disdaining the old evasion of occult causes, whereby the followers of Aristotle endeavoured in vain to disguise their ignorance, have invented this wonderful solution of all difficulties, to the unspeakable advancement of human knowledge.
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I was a lusus naturae, she affirmed, as a village schoolmistress: she was sure my previous history, if known, would make a delightful romance.
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Are there many more like you in India?' said Father Victor, 'or are you by way o' being a lusus naturae?'
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La similitud de este relieve con una cabeza de animal fue mencionada por Balbin (Balbin et al., 1999) sin mencionar el ojo grabado que es lo que distingue un relieve aprovechado de un lusus naturae.
SOBRE LA PREGNANCIA EN LA UTILIZACION DEL RELIEVE EN LAS CUEVAS DE BEDEILHAC (ARIEGE, FRANCIA) Y DE EL PINDAL (ASTURIAS, ESPANA)
Among of his books that degraded the Arabs nation were Kitab al-Mathalib, Kitab Mathalib Bahilah and Kitab Lusus al-'Arab.
The impacts of Shu'ubite in Islamic historiography
The concept of Naturae lusit (nature jokes) is remade as Lusus artefactae (playful making).
Lusus artefactae: rust never sleeps it just dreams
Fue en este sentido que Bayford busco en el latin el adjetivo lusoria, queriendo significar un divertimento de la naturaleza que se desvie del patron normal (lusus naturae, juego natural).
Retroesophageal variation of the aortic arch/Variacion retroesofagica del arco aortico

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