adaptive radiation

1. 1.

   the development of many different forms from an originally homogeneous group of organisms as they fill different ecological niches

   Broaderradiation

Questions about adaptive radiation

What does adaptive radiation mean?

adaptive radiation means "the development of many different forms from an originally homogeneous group of organisms as they fill different ecological niches".

Is adaptive radiation a common word?

adaptive radiation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.