Adaptive
[ə'dæptɪv]
Definition
(adj.) having a capacity for adaptation; 'the adaptive coloring of a chameleon' .
Edited by Janet--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting.
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Examples
- The real affinities of all organic beings, in contradistinction to their adaptive resemblances, are due to inheritance or community of descent. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- We can understand, on the above views, the very important distinction between real affinities and analogical or adaptive resemblances. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- We are least likely in the modifications of these organs to mistake a merely adaptive for an essential character. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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