|ȯ(r)thə+ noun
Etymology: orth- + selection
: natural selection promoting the progress and continuance of an adaptive trend in biological evolution and thus simulating orthogenesis
• or·tho·selective “+ adjective
|ȯ(r)thə+ noun
Etymology: orth- + selection
: natural selection promoting the progress and continuance of an adaptive trend in biological evolution and thus simulating orthogenesis
• or·tho·selective “+ adjective
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012