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teleology(dictionary)
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tabanid (iou) and teleology (iou)


tabanid (iou)



tabanid adjective & noun. L19.
[from Latin tabanus gadfly, horsefly (used as mod. Latin genus name) + -ID3.]
A. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or designating the dipteran family Tabanidae, including horseflies and Other large bloodsucking flies. L19.
b. noun. A fly of this family; a horsefly, a cleg. L19.

teleology (iou)



teleology noun. M18.
[mod. Latin teleologia, from Greek telos end + -logia -LOGY.]
Orig. (now rare), the branch of philosophy that deals with ends or final causes. Later, the belief that Nature shows signs of divine or cosmic design or purpose. Now also, the belief or theory that certain phenomena or acts are to be explained in terms of purpose or intention; explanation in such terms; (evidence of) purposiveness in Nature.
E. Jones He never abandoned determinism for teleology. Mind No goal-directedness or teleology in the mechanisms of natural selection. New Scientist History, where some degree of teleology can be admitted, and biology, where it cannot.