lusus naturae
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From the loathsome lusus naturae of behemoth horror series to the sprawling cosmopolis of complex management simulators, video games often feature wrenched contortions of the natural world as core tenets in environmental design.
From The Verge ● Feb. 13, 2020
The gossips all turn from the task of nibbling one another, and the character of the lusus naturae becomes public property.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 404, December 12, 1829 by Various
If I do not mistake, there is no such thing as a black lynx, except as a lusus naturae.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe
If Norman were not a lusus naturae," said Dr. May, hesitating for a word, "his head would have been turned long ago.
From The Daisy chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte Mary Yonge
I am a philosopher, my child, and a happy philosopher would be a lusus naturae, a freak, a subject for a Barnum & Bailey Show.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by William John Locke
