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1Natural selection — Natural Nat u*ral (?; 135), a. [OE. naturel, F. naturel, fr. L. naturalis, fr. natura. See {Nature}.] 1. Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential;… …
2Natural selection — For other uses, see Natural Selection (disambiguation). Part of a series on Evolutionary Biology …
3natural selection — noun a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment • Syn: ↑survival, ↑survival of the fittest, ↑selection • Hypernyms: ↑natural process, ↑natural action, ↑action, ↑activity …
4natural selection — N UNCOUNT Natural selection is a process by which species of animals and plants that are best adapted to their environment survive and reproduce, while those that are less well adapted die out. Natural selection ensures only the fittest survive… …
5natural selection — natural se lection n [U] technical the process by which only plants and animals that are naturally suitable for life in their environment will continue to live and breed, while all others will die out →↑evolution →survival of the fittest at… …
6NATURAL SELECTION — name given by Darwin to the survival of certain plants and animals that are fitted, and the decease contemporaneously of certain others that are not fitted, to a new environment …
7natural selection — noun (U) technical the process by which only plants and animals that are naturally suitable for life in their environment will continue to live, while all others will die see also: survival of the fittest survival (2) …
8Natural — Nat u*ral (?; 135), a. [OE. naturel, F. naturel, fr. L. naturalis, fr. natura. See {Nature}.] 1. Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential;… …
9Natural day — Natural Nat u*ral (?; 135), a. [OE. naturel, F. naturel, fr. L. naturalis, fr. natura. See {Nature}.] 1. Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential;… …
10Natural fats — Natural Nat u*ral (?; 135), a. [OE. naturel, F. naturel, fr. L. naturalis, fr. natura. See {Nature}.] 1. Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential;… …
