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Vinony

preadaptation

noun

  1. the act of adapting in advance
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor. French adaptationbor. English adaptation English preadaptation From pre- + adaptation.

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