Search Result for "survival_of_the_fittest":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment;
[syn: survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Survival \Sur*viv"al\, n. [From Survive.] 1. A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arhaeol. & Ethnol.) Any habit, usage, or belief, remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often unknown, or imperfectly known. [1913 Webster] The close bearing of the doctrine of survival on the study of manners and customs. --Tylor. [1913 Webster] Survival of the fittest. (Biol.) See Natural selection, under Natural. [1913 Webster] Survivance
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

survival of the fittest n 1: a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment [syn: survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection]