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preadaptation

preadaptation noun: an adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function.

Noun

preadaptation (countable and uncountable, plural preadaptations)

  1. An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function

preadaptation meaning in Tamil

preadaptation in Tamil

முன் தகவமைப்பு

Forms of preadaptation

pluralpreadaptations

Origin of preadaptation

From pre- + adaptation.

Questions about preadaptation

What does preadaptation mean?
Preadaptation means an adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function.
What is preadaptation in Tamil?
Preadaptation in Tamil is முன் தகவமைப்பு. See Preadaptation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is preadaptation?
Preadaptation is a noun.
What is the plural of preadaptation?
The plural of preadaptation is preadaptations.

Words near preadaptation in the dictionary

  1. Preadamites
  2. preadamitic
  3. preadamitical
  4. Preadamitism
  5. preadapt
  6. preadaptation
  7. preadaptations
  8. preadaptative
  9. preadapted
  10. preadapting
  11. preadaptive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preadaptation (page history and authors); preadaptation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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