Antonyms for lusus naturae
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : loo-suh s nuh-too r-ee, -tyoo r-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlu səs nəˈtʊər i, -ˈtyʊər i |
Definition of lusus naturae
- As in monster : noun giant animal; supernatural being
- If there is in fact no such, he is, in his high attainment, almost a lusus naturae.
- Extract from : « The Brothers' War » by John Calvin Reed
- Among the lower classes, lusus naturae (a Latin phrase which signifies objects or frights) are very common.
- Extract from : « Portraits of Children of The Mobility » by Percival Leigh
- I may mention here that male kangaroos are sometimes found provided with pouches; but these, I conceive, are lusus Naturae.
- Extract from : « The Bushman » by Edward Wilson Landor
- If I do not mistake, there is no such thing as a black lynx, except as a lusus naturae.
- Extract from : « The Browning Cyclopdia » by Edward Berdoe
- “My cousins,” she remarked, putting a touch on the cow that stamped that animal a lusus naturae for all time coming.
- Extract from : « The Eagle Cliff » by R.M. Ballantyne
- Poor Milly became scarlet, and suddenly devoted herself to the lusus naturae!
- Extract from : « The Eagle Cliff » by R.M. Ballantyne
- The palm tree seems a kind of lusus naturae to the northern eye—an exotic wherever you meet it.
- Extract from : « To Cuba and Back » by Richard Henry Dana
- The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae.
- Extract from : « Passages From The American Notebooks, Volume 1 » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The gossips all turn from the task of nibbling one another, and the character of the lusus naturae becomes public property.
- Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 14, Issue 404, December 12, 1829 » by Various
Synonyms for lusus naturae
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