darwinite means synonym of Darwinian.; One who believes in Darwinian evolution.
Etymology
From Darwin + -ite.
noun
- Synonym of Darwinian.; One who believes in Darwinian evolution.“Oh, but, guesses our ingenious Darwinite, in this breed the male birds courted the bright-coloured ones and neglected the others, and thus a bright-coloured race has survived by natural selection.”
- Synonym of Darwinian.; Someone from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.“Our introduction to the amazing wildfowl in the north was at the end of a forty-mile run, due east of Darwin near the Adelaide River, with Jim Ward, a Darwinite, at the wheel of a highpowered car.”
- A silver-grey arsenide of copper (Cu₁₈As).“The name Darwinite has been adopted in honour of Darwin, whose admirable geological examination of this part of South America is so well known as to require no comment.”