evolutionary

UK /ˌiː.vəˈl(j)uː.ʃən.ɹi/ US /ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/

adj 2

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ADJ.

based, degenerate, developed, fascinated, important, jealous, long, marine

VERB + EVOLUTIONARY

changes, model, state, studying

EVOLUTIONARY + NOUN

advantage, anthropology, ass, biology, direction, event, history, mechanisms

PREP.

ADV.

actually, especially, generally, largely, mostly

Definitions

adj

Of or relating to the biological theory of evolution.

The evolutionary history of marine mammals includes land-dwelling ancestors.

It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.

Having formal similarities to the biological theory of evolution.

The basic elements of an evolutionary growth theory are discussed in Section II.

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The evolutionary history of marine mammals includes land-dwelling ancestors.

Wiktionary

The basic elements of an evolutionary growth theory are discussed in Section II.

Wiktionary

With this as background I turn now to an account of the present state of evolutionary biology.

Tatoeba · #61092

Darwin developed the evolutionary theory.

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The last few decades have brought significant changes to evolutionary thought.

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