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
He is a sort of lusus naturae, being bow-legged, humpbacked, potbellied, and possessing warts on his brows, which make him a sort of later horned Moses.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by George Saintsbury
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
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.
From Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Poor Milly became scarlet, and suddenly devoted herself to the lusus naturae!
From The Eagle Cliff by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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