Term: adaptive radiation: the development of many different forms from an originally homogeneous group of organisms as they fill different ecological niches
Broader: radiation: the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats | Unrelated: addiction: an abnormally strong craving
Broader: radiation: the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats | Unrelated: crew: the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
Broader: radiation: the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats | Unrelated: asgard: (Norse mythology) the heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes
Broader: radiation: the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats | Unrelated: jungle cock: male jungle fowl
Broader: radiation: the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats | Unrelated: leptoglossus: leaf-footed bugs
Broader: radiation: the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats | Unrelated: cassareep: a flavoring made by boiling down the juice of the bitter cassava; used in West Indian cooking
Broader: radiation: the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats | Unrelated: panto: an abbreviation of pantomime
Broader: radiation: the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats | Unrelated: queen's cup: plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks; Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montana
Broader: radiation: the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats | Unrelated: white supremacist: a person who believes that the white race is or should be supreme
Broader: radiation: the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats | Unrelated: glass: a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure