Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dollo's law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dol-lo's law
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The hypothesis that evolution is not reversible.

Etymology

Proposed in 1893 by French-born Belgian paleontologist Louis Dollo.

Questions

What does dollo's law mean?: The hypothesis that evolution is not reversible.
Where does dollo's law come from?: Proposed in 1893 by French-born Belgian paleontologist Louis Dollo.

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