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preadaptive
adjective
biology specialized(alsopre-adaptive)uk /ˌpriː.əˈdæp.tɪv/ us /ˌpriː.əˈdæp.tɪv/
Preadaptive characteristics in living things are those that could help them to do well in a new environment: 前适应的，预先适应的
The formation of internal nostrils was preadaptive for animals that had to restrict contact between the dry air of the environment and their respiratory organs. 对于必须限制环境中干燥空气与其呼吸器官之间接触的动物来说，内鼻孔的形成是一种预先适应。
The large seed and pod would seem to be pre-adaptive to the plant's cultivation as a pulse.
The evolution of cognition is the product of a variety of influences and preadaptive capacities.
It is generally agreed that resistance to the insecticide is pre-adaptive.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Adapting and modifying
acclimate
acclimation
acclimatization
acclimatize
acclimatize to something
ambidextrous
amendment
chameleon
change with/keep up with/move with the timesidiom
configure
counter-adaptation
pliant
pliantly
preadaptation
put something back
put something/someone forward
unadapted
unamended
write someone out of something
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