Meaning Of The Word Hopeful monster
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Hopeful monster Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Hopeful monster?
hopeful monster in American English
noun: a hypothetical individual organism that, by means of a fortuitous macromutation permitting an adaptive shift to a new mode of life, becomes the founder of a new type of organism and a vehicle of macroevolution |
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