SPECIATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The evolution of a biological species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("speciation" is a kind of...):

evolution; organic evolution; phylogenesis; phylogeny ((biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms)

Derivation:

speciate (evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment)

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