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Is there a word for a person who is deformed using the combining form terato-?
Does "teratomaton" work?
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Teratomaton - the trillion vegetables in "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" movies.
On a more serious note, are you serious about labelling people as "monster acting"?
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I don't want to label anyone anything. This is just a word question. Is there a terato noun for teratological creatures?
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Teratomaton - the trillion vegetables in "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" movies.
You also have the latin word for deformed tomatoe?
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I don't want to label anyone anything. This is just a word question. Is there a terato noun for teratological creatures?
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You also have the latin word for deformed tomatoe? lycopersicum deformis - the deformed wolf-peach. The Romans didn't have a word for tomato since it's a New World plant.
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ah, you are so right of course, that escaped my goofmind.Lycopersicum deformis- the deformed wolf-peach sounds interesting though. I'll google it right away. SHOOT! You won't believe this: I google lycopersicum deformis + images and this is what I get:"solanum lycopersicum"
lycopersicum What is it this forum: Wonderland?Abacadabra? EDIT: Myridon, I'm no latinist,(would have liked it though). (?)Haha! By now I know you fooled me well! No wolf no peach.I could have known after the sempervirens etc. business, but.. I had a good laugh out of it.So you now deserve this awful unlubricous smile:  It kept me off the street.
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lycopersicum deformis
Maybe in ISV English, but in Latin, it would be lycopersicum deforme: neuter nominative-accusative singular of a third declension adjective.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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"monstrosity"
Found it by entering in OneLook's reverse dictionary
deformed human
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"monstrosity"
Found it by entering in OneLook's reverse dictionary
deformed human Ahem. Is there a word for a person who is deformed using the combining form terato-?
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How do you deform someone using the combining form terato-? I should think messing with their DNA would be a much more effective method.
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You have to forgive an old codger on the verge of senility
I have resolved to read more carefully
It probably won't help
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All seriousness aside, how about teratomorph?
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The ugly brother of Meso, Ecto, and Endo.
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watsamatta youse guise? you don't think teratism , from the same root, is a good word? - joe (me, I got the tarantism) fridayedit: speling it rite (and I got it right the first time!)
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I ghess, if yu spel it rait.
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Teratomaton - the trillion vegetables in "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" movies. From tera-, trillion and (duh) tomato. Not from terato. Close but no chewgar.
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