speciation. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

speciation

SYLLABICATION:	spe·ci·a·tion
PRONUNCIATION:	spsh-shn, -s-
NOUN:	The evolutionary formation of new biological species, usually by the division of a single species into two or more genetically distinct ones.
ETYMOLOGY:	speci(es) + –ation.
OTHER FORMS:	speci·ate —VERB speci·ation·al —ADJECTIVE


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