horotelic

horotelic
horotely, n.
/hawr'euh tel"ik/, adj. Biol.
of or pertaining to evolution at a rate standard for a given group of plants or animals. Cf. bradytelic, tachytelic.
[ < Gk hóro(s) boundary + tél(os) end, consummation + -IC]

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