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exapts

exapts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of exapt.

Meaning of exapt

Verb

exapt (third-person singular simple present exapts, present participle exapting, simple past and past participle exapted)

  1. (evolutionary theory) To exhibit exaptation; to repurpose a pre-existing adaptation.

Questions about exapts

What is exapts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Exapts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of exapt.

Words near exapts in the dictionary

  1. exaptations
  2. exaptative
  3. exapted
  4. exapting
  5. exaptive
  6. exapts
  7. exarate
  8. exarated
  9. exaration
  10. exarations
  11. exarch

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