Living fossilism
Synonyms for "living fossilism" (9 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Adjective(2 words)
ancientancient-trait retention idea
Strong matches (3)
Related words (4)
Adjective(4 words)
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More general
4 entriesbiological theorydescriptive termevolutionary biology termevolutionary theory
More specific
11 entriesarchaic morphologycoelacanthcomparative morphologyconserved morphologyginkgolatimeriamorphological stasispaleobiologyprehistoric featuressystematicstuatara
Collocations
11 entriesancient form retentionancient morphologyarchaic traitsevolutionary stasisfossil morphologyfossilism conceptliving fossillong geological timemorphological conservatismmorphological stasisprehistoric features
Inflections
1 entriesliving fossilisms
Derivations
1 entriesliving fossil