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noun
Large-scale patterns or processes in the history of life, including the origins of novel organism designs, evolutionary trends, adaptive radiations and extinctions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
evolution on a large scale extending over geologic era and resulting in the formation of new taxonomic groups
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: evolution, organic evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh2ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh2ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English evolution English macroevolution From macro- + evolution.
Across languages
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