Darwin

Dar·win  (därwn)

A city of northern Australia on Port Darwin, an inlet of the Timor Sea. It was founded as Palmerston in 1869 and renamed in 1911. Population: 106,000.

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Darwin, Charles Robert 1809-1882.

British naturalist who revolutionized the study of biology with his theory of evolution based on natural selection. His most famous works include Origin of Species (1859) and The Descent of Man (1871).

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Dar·wini·an adj. & n.

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Darwin, Erasmus 1731-1802.

British physician, scientist, and poet whose Zoonomia (1794-1796) anticipated the evolutionary theories of his grandson Charles.

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Darwin [ˈdɑːwɪn]

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(Placename) a port in N Australia, capital of the Northern Territory: destroyed by a cyclone in 1974 but rebuilt on the same site. Pop.: 78 100 (1994) Former name (1869-1911) Palmerston

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Darwin²

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1. (Biographies / Darwin, Charles (Robert) (1809-1882) M, English, SCIENCE: naturalist) Charles (Robert). 1809-82, English naturalist who formulated the theory of evolution by natural selection, expounded in On the Origin of Species (1859) and applied to man in The Descent of Man (1871)

2. (Biographies / Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802) M, English, MEDICINE: physician, WRITING: poet) his grandfather, Erasmus. 1731-1802, English physician and poet; author of Zoonomia, or the Laws of Organic Life (1794-96), anticipating Lamarck's views on evolution

3. (Biographies / Darwin, Sir George Howard (1845-1912) M, English, SCIENCE: astronomer, SCIENCE: mathematician) Sir George Howard, son of Charles Darwin. 1845-1912, English astronomer and mathematician noted for his work on tidal friction

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Noun	1.	Darwin - English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882) Charles Darwin, Charles Robert Darwin
	2.	Darwin - provincial capital of the Northern Territory of Australia Northern Territory - a territory in north central Australia