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catastrophic mortality

catastrophic mortality noun: the process by which individuals in a population die off in large numbers as part of a single event (rather than one by one, from a variety of causes).

Noun

catastrophic mortality (uncountable)

  1. The process by which individuals in a population die off in large numbers as part of a single event (rather than one by one, from a variety of causes).

Antonyms of catastrophic mortality

Questions about catastrophic mortality

What does catastrophic mortality mean?
Catastrophic mortality means the process by which individuals in a population die off in large numbers as part of a single event (rather than one by one, from a variety of causes).
What part of speech is catastrophic mortality?
Catastrophic mortality is a noun.

Words near catastrophic mortality in the dictionary

  1. catastrophic backtracking
  2. catastrophic forgetting
  3. catastrophic interference
  4. catastrophic kill
  5. catastrophic kills
  6. catastrophic mortality
  7. catastrophic moult
  8. catastrophic moults
  9. catastrophical
  10. catastrophically
  11. catastrophin

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