maladaptation
maladaptation noun: the state of being poorly adapted to an environment.
Noun
maladaptation (countable and uncountable, plural maladaptations)
- The state of being poorly adapted to an environment.
- It suggests that species interactions are likely to be in continual flux as they evolve in different ways in different populations, that local maladaptation may be an occasional and important outcome of continuing coevolution between species, and that few coevolved traits will spread across the...1999 June 25, John N. Thompson, “The Evolution of Species Interactions”, in Science, volume 284, number 5423, →DOI, pages 2116–2118
- Antonyms:
- adaptation
maladaptation meaning in Tamil
maladaptation in Tamil
- தவறுமுறைக் கடைப்பிடுப்பு
Antonyms of maladaptation
Forms of maladaptation
| plural | maladaptations |
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Origin of maladaptation
From mal- + adaptation.
Questions about maladaptation
- What does maladaptation mean?
- Maladaptation means the state of being poorly adapted to an environment.
- What is maladaptation in Tamil?
- Maladaptation in Tamil is தவறுமுறைக் கடைப்பிடுப்பு. See Maladaptation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is maladaptation?
- Maladaptation is a noun.
- What is the plural of maladaptation?
- The plural of maladaptation is maladaptations.
Words near maladaptation in the dictionary
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