hopeful monster

noun

Etymology

Coined by German biologist Richard Goldschmidt.

Definitions

  1. An organism exhibiting a significant mutation that may form a new lineage according to…

    An organism exhibiting a significant mutation that may form a new lineage according to macromutation theory.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hopeful monster. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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