DEPÉRET'S LAW


Meaning of DEPÉRET'S LAW in English

dəˈpāˌrāz- noun

Usage: usually capitalized D

Etymology: after Charles J.J. Depéret died 1929 French geologist

: a principle in zoology: body size tends to increase within a natural group with increasing evolutionary development

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