fɔrˈmeɪ noun
1.
previous formation.
2.
Biology. (formerly) the theory that the individual, with all its parts, preexists in the germ cell and grows from microscopic to normal proportions during embryogenesis ( opposed to epigenesis ).
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act of forming in advance; previous formation |
| 2. | biology Compare epigenesis the theory, now discredited, that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a fully differentiated egg cell |
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So is fit. Does it mean:
| a group of individuals or species having a common ancestry |
| adapting to the prevailing conditions and producing offspring that survive to reproductive age; contributing to the gene pool of the next generation |
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