(of a living thing )生物 different in some way from others of the same kind because of a change in its genetic structure 因基因变异而不同的;变异的;突变的 a mutant gene 突变基因 a mutant strain of the virus 病毒的突变株
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMutant is used with these nouns:- gene
- strain
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Latin mutant- ‘changing’, from the verb mutare.