PREADAPTATION


Meaning of PREADAPTATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌprē-ˌa-ˌdap-ˈtā-shən ]

noun

Date: 1886

: a character of an organism or taxonomic group that takes on a function when none previously existed or that differs from its existing function which has been derived by evolution ; also : the possession of one or more such characters

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.