bradytelic

bradytelic
bradytely /brad"i tel'ee/, n.
/brad'i tel"ik/, adj. Biol.
of or pertaining to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals. Cf. horotelic, tachytelic.
[BRADY- + TELIC]

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