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Darwin, Charles (oh)



(1809-82) a British scientist who developed the theory of evolution, which is the idea that plants and animals develop gradually from simpler to more complicated forms by natural selection . This is 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. He wrote about his ideas in his book On the Origin of Species.
-- Darwinian adj
::the Darwinian theory of evolution

gammarid (iou)



gammarid noun & adjective. M19.
[from mod. Latin Gammarus (see below), from Latin g-, cammarus from Greek kammaros a sea-crab or lobster: see -ID3.]
Zoology.
A. noun. Any member of a large group of amphipod crustaceans typified by freshwater shrimps of the genus Gammarus. M19.
b. adjective. Of or relating to this group. E20.