Convergent
71convergent — adj converging, intersecting, concurrent, merging, blending, flowing together, confluent; meeting, joining, connecting, connective, conjunctive, junctional, approaching, centering, centripedal …
72convergent — con·ver·gent …
73convergent — con•ver•gent [[t]kənˈvɜr dʒənt[/t]] adj. characterized by convergence; tending to come together; merging • Etymology: 1720–30; < LL con•ver′gent•ly, adv …
74convergent — adj. 1 converging. 2 Biol. (of unrelated organisms) having the tendency to become similar while adapting to the same environment. 3 Psychol. (of thought) tending to reach only the most rational result. Derivatives: convergence n. convergency n …
75List of examples of convergent evolution — Convergent evolution the evolution of similar traits in unrelated lineages is rife in nature, as illustrated by the examples below.In animals;Mammals * The marsupial Thylacine Tasmanian Wolf, had many resemblances to the placental Canids.… …
76CONVERGENT, ENTE — adj. Qui converge. Lignes convergentes. Rayons convergents. En termes d’Artillerie, Feux convergents, Bouches à feu qui, placées en des endroits différents, tirent sur le même point. Par extension, Attaques convergentes …
77convergent evolution — convergence (1) …
78convergent evolution — Having similar adaptive structures among unrelated organisms due to environmental surroundings …
79convergent boundary — Geol. a major geologic discontinuity or suture marking the juncture of lithospheric plates that have been joined by plate tectonics. * * * …
80convergent evolution — the appearance of apparently similar structures in organisms of different lines of descent. [1965 70] * * * …