hopeful monster
nounEtymology
Coined by German biologist Richard Goldschmidt.
Definitions
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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