1. (n.) A person or thing with extraordinary qualities or gifts; as, a child prodigy\; something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies.

2. (n.) Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning.

3. (n.) A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster.

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