PREADAPTATION


Meaning of PREADAPTATION in English

/pree'ad euhp tay"sheuhn/ , n. Biol.

a structure or property that developed in an ancestral stock and was useful in a descendant in a changed environment.

[ 1885-90; PRE- + ADAPTATION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .