Related Words for exaptation

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adaptation
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Noun, Noun
specialization
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Noun
evolution
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Noun
coevolution
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Noun
evolutionary biology
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Name, Name
convergence
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Noun
accommodation
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Noun
aberration
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Noun
abbreviation
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Noun
recapitulation
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Noun
integration
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Noun
modification
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Noun
homology
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Noun
inheritance
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Noun
acclimation
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Noun
mimesis
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Noun
psychobiology
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Noun
acclimatization
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Noun
speciation
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Noun
metamorphosis
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Noun
biology
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Noun
teleology
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Noun
tropism
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Noun
phenotype
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Noun
morphogenesis
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Noun
homomorphism
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Noun
natural selection
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Phrase, Noun
analog
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Noun
differentiation
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Noun
sexual selection
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Phrase, Noun
sociobiology
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Noun
fitness
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Noun
survival of the fittest
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Phrase, Noun
biotechnology
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Noun
concept
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Noun
example
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Noun
idiomatic
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Adjective, Noun
dialect
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Noun
standard
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Adjective, Noun
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
cluster
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Noun, Verb
chunk
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Noun, Verb
collocation
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Noun
daylight
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Noun, Verb
expression
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Noun
literally
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Adverb
gloss
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Noun, Verb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
headlines
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Noun
sorta
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Adverb