Definition of Preadaptive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preadaptive

preact
preacted
preacting
preaction
preactions
preactivated
preactivation
preacts
preadamic
preadamitic
preadapt
preadaptation
preadaptations
preadapted
preadapting
preadaptive (current term)
preadapts
preadded
preadipocyte
preadipocytes
preadipose
preadjust
preadjusted
preadjusting
preadjustment
preadjustments
preadjusts
preadministration
preadministrations
preadmission

Literary usage of Preadaptive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Exploring the Borderlands: Documents of the Committee on Common Problems of by Joe Cain (2004)
"Couldn't this be an instance of evolutionary opportunism caused at least in part by a preadaptive high mutation rate? Another question which has come up is ..."

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