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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A form of selection that occurs in an environment with plentiful resources, favoring a reproductive strategy in which many offspring are produced.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[r(ate of increase).]
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