Darwinite

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of Darwinian.; One who believes in Darwinian evolution. countable,uncountable
    — Oh, but, guesses our ingenious Darwinite, in this breed the male birds courted the bright-coloured ones and neglected the others, and thus a bright-coloured race has survived by natural selection.
  2. Synonym of Darwinian.; Someone from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. countable,uncountable
    — Our introduction to the amazing wildfowl in the north was at the end of a forty-mile run, due east of Darwin near the Adelaide River, with Jim Ward, a Darwinite, at the wheel of a highpowered car.
  3. A silver-grey arsenide of copper (Cu₁₈As). countable,uncountable
    — The name Darwinite has been adopted in honour of Darwin, whose admirable geological examination of this part of South America is so well known as to require no comment.

词形变化

Darwinites plural

词源

From Darwin + -ite.
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