Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

selective advantage

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables: se-lec-tive ad-van-tage
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The characteristic of an organism that enables it to survive and reproduce better than other organisms in a population in a given environment; the basis for evolution by natural selection.

Example Sentences

"What is the selective advantage of height?"
"Better to see predators in tall grass my dear."

Inflected Forms

selective advantages (plural)

Questions

What does selective advantage mean?: The characteristic of an organism that enables it to survive and reproduce better than other organisms in a population in a given environment; the basis for evolution by natural selection.

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