MACROEVOLUTION


Meaning of MACROEVOLUTION in English

— macroevolutionary , adj.

/mak'roh ev'euh looh"sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /-ee'veuh-/ , n. Biol.

major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.

[ 1935-40; MACRO- + EVOLUTION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .