macroevolution

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Etymology

From macro- +‎ evolution.

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macroevolution (usually uncountable, plural macroevolutions)

  1. Large-scale patterns or processes in the history of life, including the origins of novel organism designs, evolutionary trends, adaptive radiations and extinctions.

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