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Darwin
[ dahr-win ]
noun
- Charles (Robert), 1809–82, English naturalist and author.
- his grandfather Erasmus, 1731–1802, English naturalist and poet.
- a seaport in and the capital of Northern Territory, in N Australia.
Darwin
1/ ˈdɑːwɪn /
noun
- DarwinCharles (Robert)18091882MEnglishSCIENCE: naturalist Charles ( Robert ). 1809–82, English naturalist who formulated the theory of evolution by natural selection, expounded in On the Origin of Species (1859) and applied to man in The Descent of Man (1871)
- DarwinErasmus17311802MEnglishMEDICINE: physicianWRITING: poet his grandfather, Erasmus. 1731–1802, English physician and poet; author of Zoonomia, or the Laws of Organic Life (1794–96), anticipating Lamarck's views on evolution
- DarwinSir George Howard18451912MEnglishSCIENCE: astronomerSCIENCE: mathematician Sir George Howard , son of Charles Darwin. 1845–1912, English astronomer and mathematician noted for his work on tidal friction
Darwin
2/ ˈdɑːwɪn /
noun
- a port in N Australia, capital of the Northern Territory: destroyed by a cyclone in 1974 but rebuilt on the same site. Pop: 71 347 (2001) Former name (1869–1911)Palmerston
Darwin
/ där′wĭn /
- British naturalist who proposed the theory of evolution based on natural selection (1858). Darwin's theory, that random variation of traits within an individual species can lead to the development of new species, revolutionized the study of biology.
Other Words From
- anti-Darwin adjective
- pro-Darwin adjective
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Example Sentences
Take Thomas Huxley, an early disciple of Darwin who became convinced in the 1860s that the seabed was blanketed by a living protoplasmic slime that he dubbed Bathybius haeckelii.
What I discovered, even before entering graduate school, is that Darwin provided a perfectly good explanation for how behaviors can evolve for the good of the group.
Durrell closes with a quote from Darwin that is surprisingly not about animals but about the generosity of strangers.
Nonetheless, Darwin would wait 15 years before publishing his controversial suspicions that, indeed, some plants eat animals.
Twenty years ago, Philornis downsi turned up on the Galapagos Archipelago and started feasting on Darwin’s finches.
As a young man, Darwin was deeply religious and even considered being ordained.
Darwin was a British Scientist who developed the theory of evolution and natural selection.
Darwin was among the many scientists that have helped society evolve out of mysticism, superstition and faith.
Darwin called the same phenomenon the “correlation of growth” and geneticist today study what they call “pleiotropic effects.”
Aristotle did make progress beyond earlier philosophers, just as Darwin advanced beyond Linnaeus and Cuvier.
Darwin's view that it may have been a result of sexual selection seems the most probable explanation.
As regards the pointed ear of man's probable ancestor, Darwin calls attention to what seems a trace in man of the lost tip.
It is unreasonable to accuse Mr. Darwin (as has been done) of violating the rules of Induction.
Mr. Darwin's remarkable speculation on the Origin of Species is another unimpeachable example of a legitimate hypothesis.
After a silence I asked him if he would tell me why he had chosen Darwin as a literary pastime.
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