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chronospecies

chronospecies noun: a group of one or more species derived from a sequential development pattern which involves continual and uniform changes from an extinct ancestral form on an evolutionary scale.

Noun

chronospecies (plural chronospecies)

  1. A group of one or more species derived from a sequential development pattern which involves continual and uniform changes from an extinct ancestral form on an evolutionary scale.

Forms of chronospecies

pluralchronospecies

Origin of chronospecies

From chrono- + species.

Questions about chronospecies

What does chronospecies mean?
Chronospecies means a group of one or more species derived from a sequential development pattern which involves continual and uniform changes from an extinct ancestral form on an evolutionary scale.
What part of speech is chronospecies?
Chronospecies is a noun.
What is the plural of chronospecies?
The plural of chronospecies is chronospecies.

Words near chronospecies in the dictionary

  1. chronosequences
  2. chronosocial
  3. chronosome
  4. chronosomes
  5. chronospatial
  6. chronospecies
  7. chronostasis
  8. chronostatic
  9. chronostich
  10. chronostratigraphic
  11. chronostratigraphical

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