"survival of the fittest" meaning in Englisch

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Noun

Forms: the survival of the fittest [singular]
Etymology: eingeführt von Herbert Spencer aus den „Principles of Biology“ (Grundsätzen der Biologie) von 1864
  1. das „Überleben der Bestangepassten“
    Sense id: de-survival_of_the_fittest-en-noun-RTv~ezt5 Topics: biology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Biologie, Evolutionstheorie: das „Überleben der Bestangepassten“): Überleben der Bestangepassten (Deutsch), 適者生存 (てきしゃせいぞん, tekisha seizon) (Japanisch)
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