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pre·a·dapt
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əˈdæpt
/
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verb (used without object)
Biology
.
to undergo pre-adaptation.
Origin:
1840–50;
pre-
+
adapt
Related forms
pre·a·dapt·a·ble,
adjective
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the compact area of a nerve cell that constitutes the nucleus and surrounding cytoplasm, excluding the axons and dendrites
corresponding in structure because of a common origin
a cell or organism that is genetically identical to the individual from which it was derived
the reappearance in an individual of characteristics of some remote ancestor that have been absent in intervening generations
pertaining to the production of or tending to produce male offspring
the close external resemblance of an organism to some different organism, such that it benefits from mistaken identity, as seeming to be unpalatable
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