coevolution

See also: co-evolution and coévolution

English

Alternative forms

co-evolution

Etymology

co- +‎ evolution

Noun

coevolution (usually uncountable, plural coevolutions)

(ecology, evolutionary theory) The evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.
- 2005, “Revision of New World Species of Shore Fly Genus Discomyza Meigen (Diptera: Ephydridae)”, in Annals of the Entomological Society of America‎, volume 98, number 4, page 431:
  These species breed in a variety of both terrestrial and marine snails, although there is no obvious pattern of coevolution.

Related terms

coevolutionary
coevolve
evolutionary arms race

Translations

evolution featuring mutual adaptation

Czech: koevoluce f
Finnish: koevoluutio (fi)
French: coévolution (fr) f
Polish: koewolucja (pl) f
Portuguese: coevolução f

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