“Instinct” is by definition, teleonomic in that it is expressed as a scripted behavior, not a discrete physical attribute.
“Natural Selection” is by definition, ateleonomic.
How about plain English instead of pompous, empty verbosity. Leave the obscurantism to the liberals.
Indeed, teleology permeates common language and thinking. Just heard the other day at lunch that cattle “were not designed” to eat corn. But this is all a matter of rhetoric, as is the invocation, “by definition”. By definition, a creature is a created being. End of story. Case closed. Evolution, take a walk.