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lusus naturae - Wiktionary, the free dictionary lusus naturae (plural lusus naturae) (historical, originally) 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 quotations
Lusus Naturae | Encyclopedia. com Lusus Naturae A general term for freaks or sports of nature, sometimes applied to the area of collecting stones and minerals that appear to contain pictures on their surfaces when cut and polished
Lusus naturae - Origin Meaning of the Phrase - Etymonline lusus naturae (n ) in natural history, "freak of nature," 1660s, a Latin phrase, from lusus "a play," from stem of ludere "to play" (see ludicrous) + genitive of natura (see nature (n ))
ǁ Lusus naturae. World English Historical Dictionary [L lūsus nātūræ a playing or sport of Nature ] A supposed sportive action of Nature to which the origin of marked variations from the normal type (of an animal, plant, etc ) was formerly ascribed