WikiWord

English

speciation

noun

Meaning

  1. The process by which new distinct species evolve.
  2. The formation of different (inorganic) species (especially of ions) as the environment changes.
  3. The determination of which species is/are present in a fluid or tissue specimen, bacterial culture, or viral culture.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
speciation — meaning and etymology | WikiWord