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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
neo-Darwinian
    adj 1: of or relating to Darwin's theories as modified by modern
           genetic findings; "Neo-Darwinian theories"
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Neo-Darwinism \Ne`o-Dar"win*ism\, n.
   The theory which holds natural selection, as explained by
   Darwin, to be the chief factor in the evolution of plants and
   animals, and denies the inheritance of acquired characters;
   -- esp. opposed to Neo-Lamarckism. Weismannism is an
   example of extreme Neo-Darwinism. -- Ne`o-Dar*win"i*an, a.
   & n.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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