Monstrosity

(noun.) something hideous or frightful; 'they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity'.

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• By a monstrosity I presume is meant some considerable deviation of structure, generally injurious, or not useful to the species. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• A still greater number must be called monstrosities, such as six-fingered men, porcupine men, Ancon sheep, Niata cattle, etc. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Under domestication monstrosities sometimes occur which resemble normal structures in widely different animals. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• We have also what are called monstrosities; but they graduate into varieties. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.

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