noun🔗ShareAny alteration or change."The mutation in the school's lunch menu this week was a change from pizza to pasta. "biologymedicinescienceorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material."The baby's blue eyes were the result of a rare genetic mutation that changed the genes responsible for eye color. "biologybiochemistrymedicineorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA mutant."The superhero's amazing powers were a result of a spontaneous mutation. "organismbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn alteration a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context."The word "photograph" has a mutation in its pronunciation; the initial "ph" sound often changes to a "f" sound in phrases like "taking a photograph." "linguisticsgrammarphoneticslanguagewordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA group of thrushes."A mutation of thrushes gathered in the park, filling the air with their songs. "animalbirdgroupChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
