catastrophic mortality

Noun

Meaning

catastrophic mortality (uncountable)

(archaeology, paleontology) The process by which individuals in a population die off in large numbers as part of a single event (rather than one by one, from a variety of causes).
Antonym: attritional mortality

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Close letter words and terms

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