adaptive radiation
adaptive radiation
nounDefinition of ADAPTIVE RADIATION
: evolutionary diversification of a generalized ancestral form with production of a number of adaptively specialized forms
First Known Use of ADAPTIVE RADIATION
circa 1901
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