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evolutionary biology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A subfield of biology concerned with the origin and descent of species and as their evolution, multiplication and diversity over time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Qualifier: evolutionary theory

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42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: biologjia evolucionike — sub-field of biology
  • Arabic: علم الأحياء التطوري — sub-field of biology
  • Belarusian: эвалюцыйная біялогія (evaljucyjnaja bijalóhija) — sub-field of biology
  • Bengali: বিবর্তনীয় জীববিজ্ঞান (bibortoniẏo jibbiggên) — sub-field of biology
  • Bulgarian: еволюционна биология (evoljucionna biologija) — sub-field of biology
  • Catalan: biologia evolutiva — sub-field of biology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 演化生物學 /演化生物学 (yǎnhuà shēngwùxué) — sub-field of biology
  • Czech: evoluční biologie — sub-field of biology
  • Danish: evolutionsbiologi — sub-field of biology
  • Dutch: evolutiebiologie — sub-field of biology
  • Esperanto: evolucia biologio — sub-field of biology
  • Estonian: evolutsioonibioloogia — sub-field of biology
  • Finnish: evoluutiobiologia — sub-field of biology
  • French: biologie de l’évolution — sub-field of biology
  • French: biologie évolutive — sub-field of biology
  • Galician: bioloxía evolutiva — sub-field of biology
  • Georgian: ევოლუციური ბიოლოგია (evoluciuri biologia) — sub-field of biology
  • German: Evolutionsbiologie — sub-field of biology
  • Greek: εξελικτική βιολογία (exeliktikí viología) — sub-field of biology
  • Hindi: क्रमविकासीय जीवविज्ञान (kramvikāsīya jīvvijñān) — sub-field of biology
  • Icelandic: þróunarlíffræði — sub-field of biology
  • Indonesian: biologi evolusioner — sub-field of biology
  • Italian: biologia evolutiva — sub-field of biology
  • Italian: biologia dell'evoluzione — sub-field of biology
  • Japanese: 進化生物学 (shinkaseibutsugaku) — sub-field of biology
  • Khmer: វិវឌ្ឍន៍ជីវសាស្ត្រ (vi’voat chiivoa saah) — sub-field of biology
  • Korean: 진화생물학 (jinhwasaengmulhak) — sub-field of biology
  • Lithuanian: evoliucinė biologija — sub-field of biology
  • Macedonian: еволутивна биологија (evolutivna biologija) — sub-field of biology
  • Norwegian Bokmål: evolusjonsbiologi — sub-field of biology
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: evolusjonsbiologi — sub-field of biology
  • Polish: biologia ewolucyjna — sub-field of biology
  • Portuguese: biologia evolutiva — sub-field of biology
  • Portuguese: biologia evolucionária — sub-field of biology
  • Russian: эволюцио́нная биоло́гия (evoljuciónnaja biológija) — sub-field of biology
  • Slovak: evolučná biológia — sub-field of biology
  • Slovene: evolucijska biologija — sub-field of biology
  • Spanish: biología evolutiva — sub-field of biology
  • Swedish: evolutionsbiologi — sub-field of biology
  • Turkish: evrimsel biyoloji — sub-field of biology
  • Ukrainian: еволюційна біологія (evoljucijna biolohija) — sub-field of biology
  • Vietnamese: sinh học tiến hoá — sub-field of biology