[mon-ster] 
| 1. | a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx. |
| 2. | any creature so ugly or monstrous as to frighten people. |
| 3. | any animal or human grotesquely deviating from the normal shape, behavior, or character. |
| 4. | a person who excites horror by wickedness, cruelty, etc. |
| 5. | any animal or thing huge in size. |
| 6. | Biology.
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| 7. | anything unnatural or monstrous. |
| 8. | huge; enormous; monstrous: a monster tree. |
| mon·ster (mŏn'stər) n.
[Middle English monstre, from Old French, from Latin mōnstrum, portent, monster, from monēre, to warn; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
monster mon·ster (mŏn'stər)
n.
An animal, a plant, or other organism having structural defects or deformities.
A fetus or an infant that is grotesquely abnormal and usually not viable.
monster
in biology, an embryo, a newborn animal, or young plant that is grossly deformed. The defects may be genetic (i.e., inherited) or result from such influences as drugs, X rays, or diseases. Two main types of monster are recognized: those with defective or excessive growth of body parts and those with partial or complete doubling of the body on one of its axes. The repetition or absence of body parts such as fingers or toes are frequent anomalies in humans and other mammals.
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