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Preadaptation
noun
Word Frequency:
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Definitions
1.
noun
An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function
Synonyms
exaptation
counteradaptation
hyperadaptation
pathoadaptation
adaptation
pseudoadaptation
apomorph
pathoadaption
spandrel
adaptionism
co-adaptation
adaptive radiation
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