Monstrosities

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Monstrosity \Mon*stros"i*ty\ (m[o^]n*str[o^]s"[i^]*t[y^]), n.;
     pl. {Monstrosities} (m[o^]n*str[o^]s"[i^]*t[i^]z). [Cf. F.
     monstruosit['e]. See {Monstrous}.]
     The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of
     nature; that which is monstrous; a monster. --South.
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           A monstrosity never changes the name or affects the
           immutability of a species.               --Adanson
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