Usually means: Large-scale evolution across species.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word macroevolution:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. macroevolution: Merriam-Webster
  2. macroevolution: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. macroevolution: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. macroevolution: Collins English Dictionary
  5. macroevolution: Vocabulary.com
  6. Macroevolution, macroevolution: Wordnik
  7. macroevolution: Wiktionary
  8. macroevolution: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. macroevolution: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. macroevolution: Dictionary.com
  11. Macroevolution: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. macroevolution: Rhymezone
  13. macroevolution: FreeDictionary.org
  14. macroevolution: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. macroevolution: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. macroevolution: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Environmental Terminology Discovery Service (No longer online)
  2. On-Line Biology Book: GLOSSARY (No longer online)
  3. macroevolution: Evolution Glossary

(Note: See macroevolutionary as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (macroevolution)

noun:  Large-scale patterns or processes in the history of life, including the origins of novel organism designs, evolutionary trends, adaptive radiations and extinctions.

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