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mutilate


1. Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.

2. <zoology> Having finlike appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean.

Origin: L. Mutilatus, p.p. Of mutilare to mutilate, fr. Mutilus maimed; cf. Gr, . Cf. Mutton.

<zoology> A cetacean, or a sirenian.

Source: Websters Dictionary

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