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NATURAL SELECTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
Synonyms:
natural selection; selection; survival; survival of the fittest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("natural selection" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))