Preadaptation Definition

prēăd-ăp-tāshən, -əp-
noun
A characteristic of an ancestral species or population that serves an adaptive though different function in a descendant species or population.
American Heritage Medicine
The possession of certain characteristics by an organism which make it more adaptable to a future environmental change than similar organisms are.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Preadaptation

Noun

Singular:
preadaptation
Plural:
preadaptations

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Words Starting With

PPRPRE

Words Ending With

NONION

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preadaptation

Words Starting With P and Ending With N

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