Meanings
nouncoevolution (usually uncountable, plural coevolutions)
plural coevolutions · alternative co-evolution
- uncountableusuallyevolutionary theorybiologyThe evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.
These species breed in a variety of both terrestrial and marine snails, although there is no obvious pattern of coevolution.
2005, “Revision of New World Species of Shore Fly Genus Discomyza Meigen (Diptera: Ephydridae)”, in Annals of the Entomological Society of America^(http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098%5B0431:RONWSO%5D2.0.CO;2), volume 98, number 4, page 431
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Translations
Czech koevoluce
- koevoluceevolution featuring mutual adaptation
Finnish koevoluutio
- koevoluutioevolution featuring mutual adaptation
French coévolution
- coévolutionevolution featuring mutual adaptation
Polish koewolucja
- koewolucjaevolution featuring mutual adaptation
Portuguese coevolução
- coevoluçãoevolution featuring mutual adaptation
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