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"A type of natural selection where members of the sexes acquire distinct forms either because the members of one sex choose mates with particular features or because in the competition for mates among the members of one sex only those with certain traits succeed."
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "type of natural selection",
"word": "性選擇"
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"roman": "xìngxuǎnzé",
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"sense": "type of natural selection",
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"word": "seksuele selectie"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "type of natural selection",
"word": "sukupuolivalinta"
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"sense": "type of natural selection",
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"word": "sélection sexuelle"
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"code": "de",
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"feminine"
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"word": "sexuelle Selektion"
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"word": "sexuelle Auswahl"
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"code": "is",
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"word": "kynbundið val"
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"sense": "type of natural selection",
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"word": "seksuell seleksjon"
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"word": "dobór płciowy"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "type of natural selection",
"tags": [
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"word": "seleção sexual"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "type of natural selection",
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"word": "selecție sexuală"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "polovój otbór",
"sense": "type of natural selection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "полово́й отбо́р"
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"roman": "statévyj dóbír",
"sense": "type of natural selection",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "стате́вий до́бі́р"
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"sense": "type of natural selection",
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"word": "стате́вий відбі́р"
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],
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"sense": "type of natural selection",
"word": "性選擇"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "sing³ syun² zaak⁶",
"sense": "type of natural selection",
"word": "性选择"
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "type of natural selection",
"word": "性擇"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "type of natural selection",
"word": "性择"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "type of natural selection",
"word": "性選擇"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xìngxuǎnzé",
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"word": "性选择"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"word": "性擇"
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"roman": "xìngzé",
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"word": "性择"
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"sense": "type of natural selection",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "type of natural selection",
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"word": "seksuele selectie"
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{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "type of natural selection",
"word": "sukupuolivalinta"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "type of natural selection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sélection sexuelle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "type of natural selection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sexuelle Selektion"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "type of natural selection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "sexuelle Auswahl"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "type of natural selection",
"tags": [
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"word": "kynbundið val"
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "type of natural selection",
"tags": [
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"word": "dzimumizlase"
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"sense": "type of natural selection",
"tags": [
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"word": "seksuell seleksjon"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "type of natural selection",
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"word": "seksuelt utvalg"
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"sense": "type of natural selection",
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"sense": "type of natural selection",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "type of natural selection",
"tags": [
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"word": "dobór płciowy"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "type of natural selection",
"tags": [
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"word": "seleção sexual"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "type of natural selection",
"tags": [
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"word": "selecție sexuală"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "polovój otbór",
"sense": "type of natural selection",
"tags": [
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"word": "полово́й отбо́р"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "statévyj dóbír",
"sense": "type of natural selection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стате́вий до́бі́р"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "statévyj vidbír",
"sense": "type of natural selection",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "стате́вий відбі́р"
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