| 单词 | preadaptation |
| 释义 | preadaptation[ pree-ad-uhp-tey-shuhn ] / ˌpri æd əpˈteɪ ʃən / noun Biology.a structure or property that developed in an ancestral stock and was useful in a descendant in a changed environment. Origin of preadaptationFirst recorded in 1885–90; pre- + adaptation Words nearby preadaptationpreach to the converted, preachy, preacquisition profit, pre-Adamite, preadapt, preadaptation, preadmission, preadolescence, preadolescent, preadult, preagonal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for preadaptation
British Dictionary definitions for preadaptationpreadaptation / (ˌpriːædəpˈteɪʃən) / nounbiology the possession by a species or other group of characteristics that may favour survival in a changed environment, such as the limblike fins of crossopterygian fishes, which are preadaptation to terrestrial life Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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