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co-evolution

co-evolution is the alternative spelling of coevolution.

Meaning of coevolution

Noun

coevolution (usually uncountable, plural coevolutions)

  1. (usually, evolutionary theory) The evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.
    • These species breed in a variety of both terrestrial and marine snails, although there is no obvious pattern of coevolution.2005, “Revision of New World Species of Shore Fly Genus Discomyza Meigen (Diptera: Ephydridae)”, in Annals of the Entomological Society of...

Forms of co-evolution

pluralco-evolutions

Questions about co-evolution

What is co-evolution the alternative spelling of?
Co-evolution is the alternative spelling of coevolution.

Words near co-evolution in the dictionary

  1. co-enrollment
  2. co-enrollments
  3. co-equal
  4. co-equals
  5. co-eval
  6. co-evolution
  7. co-evolutions
  8. co-evolve
  9. co-evolved
  10. co-evolves
  11. co-evolving

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Adapted from Wiktionary: co-evolution (page history and authors); coevolution (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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