coevolution

See also: co-evolution and coévolution

English

Alternative forms

• co-evolution

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin co-der.

English co-

English evolution

English coevolution

From co- + evolution.

Noun

coevolution (usually uncountable, plural coevolutions)

1. (ecology, evolutionary theory) The evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.
   • 2005, “Revision of New World Species of Shore Fly Genus Discomyza Meigen (Diptera: Ephydridae)”, in Annals of the Entomological Society of America‎^[1], volume 98, number 4, page 431:

     These species breed in a variety of both terrestrial and marine snails, although there is no obvious pattern of coevolution.

Related terms

• coevolutionary
• coevolve
• evolutionary arms race

Translations

evolution featuring mutual adaptation

• Czech: koevoluce f
• Finnish: koevoluutio (fi)
• French: coévolution (fr) f
• Polish: koewolucja (pl) f
• Portuguese: coevolução f