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struggle for existence

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struggle for existence
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (not in technical usage) competition between organisms of a population, esp as a factor in the evolution of plants and animals See also natural selection


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True, Australia has a harsh and unforgiving climate and almost every living thing has to struggle for existence.
It requires continuous onward struggle for existence and success.
Artistic responses were wide-ranging: from imaginative projections of prehistory to troubled evocations of a life dominated by the struggle for existence to fantastic visions of life forms in perpetual evolution.
 
 
 
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