natural selectionnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌnætʃ.ər.əl sɪˈlek.ʃən/us/ˌnætʃ.ɚ.əl sɪˈlek.ʃən/the process that results in the continued existence of only the types of animals and plants that are best able to produce young or new plants in the conditions in which they live
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal reproduction
- asexual
- asexual reproduction
- bird
- breed
- breeding
- egg
- embryo
- embryonic
- estrogen
- fertilize
- incubate
- infertile
- inseminate
- lamb
- mate
- ova
- seminal
- spawning ground
- spermatozoon
- the birds and the bees idiom
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