(of a living thing )生物 different in some way from others of the same kind because of a change in its genetic structure 因基因變異而不同的;變異的;突變的 a mutant gene 突變基因 a mutant strain of the virus 病毒的突變株
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMutant is used with these nouns:- gene
- strain
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Latin mutant- ‘changing’, from the verb mutare.