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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
natural selection

▶noun Biology the evolutionary process whereby organisms that are better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

'natural selection' also found in these Oxford entries:

Darwinism - evolution - evolutionist - kin selection - neo-Darwinian - selection - sexual selection - social Darwinism - survival

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