Dollo's law
noun
Dol·lo's law
ˈdä(ˌ)lōz-
: a generalization in biology: characters lost in the course of evolution are never regained in the original form
Word History
Etymology
after Louis Dollo †1931 Belgian paleontologist
- letters patent
- letters rogatory
- letterset
- lettershop
- letterspace
- letterspaces
- letterspacing
- letterspacings
- letterweight
- letterwinged kite
- letterwood
- Lettic
- letting
- letting (someone) know
- letting down
- letting fly
- letting go
- letting know
- letting off
- Masonite
- masonites
- masonries
- masonry
- masonry cement
- masonry nail