In both groups, however, we find copious and intricate speciation so that, often, species limits are narrow and ill defined.
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Speciation
//ˌspi.siˈeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "speciation"
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21 translations across 16 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- տեսակառաջացում noun (biology)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 物種形成 /物种形成 noun (biology)
- 種化 /种化 noun (biology)
Czech
1 entries- speciace noun (biology)
Esperanto
1 entries- speciigo noun (biology)
Estonian
1 entries- liigiteke noun (biology)
Finnish
2 entries- lajiutuminen noun (biology)
- spesiaatio noun (chemistry)
French
2 entries- spéciation noun (biology)
- spéciation chimique noun (chemistry)
German
1 entries- Speziierung noun (chemistry)
Hungarian
1 entries- fajképződés noun (biology)
Māori
1 entries- whakamomotanga noun (biology)
Portuguese
1 entries- especiação noun (biology)
Russian
1 entries- видообразование noun (biology)
Slovak
1 entries- speciácia noun (biology)
Slovene
2 entries- nastanek vrste noun (biology)
- speciacija noun (biology)
Spanish
2 entries- especiación noun (biology)
- evolución de las especies noun (biology)
Ukrainian
1 entries- видоутво́рення noun (biology)
Sample sentences
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No one had ever seen a new species produced, nor, according to Darwin, should they expect to. Speciation was so drawn out as to be, for all intents and purposes unobservable.
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requirements specifying speciation and serotyping in addition to reporting of presence or absence
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