淘汰

とうた

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection
2. selection See also: 自然淘汰 (しぜんとうた).

Kanji

• 淘 select. Read as トウ.
• 汰 sift. Read as タ.

Words containing 淘汰

• 自然淘汰 (しぜんとうた) natural selection
• 性淘汰 (せいとうた) sexual selection
• 人為淘汰 (じんいとうた) artificial selection

And 6 more.

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