"preadaptation" meaning in All languages combined

See preadaptation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: preadaptations [plural]
Etymology: From pre- + adaptation. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|adaptation}} pre- + adaptation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} preadaptation (countable and uncountable, plural preadaptations)
  1. (biology) An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pre",
        "3": "adaptation"
      },
      "expansion": "pre- + adaptation",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pre- + adaptation.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "preadaptations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "preadaptation (countable and uncountable, plural preadaptations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with pre-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "en:Biology",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function"
      ],
      "id": "en-preadaptation-en-noun-v~roMK8W",
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "adaptation",
          "adaptation"
        ],
        [
          "evolve",
          "evolve"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "preadaptation"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pre",
        "3": "adaptation"
      },
      "expansion": "pre- + adaptation",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pre- + adaptation.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "preadaptations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "preadaptation (countable and uncountable, plural preadaptations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms prefixed with pre-",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Biology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "adaptation",
          "adaptation"
        ],
        [
          "evolve",
          "evolve"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "preadaptation"
}

Download raw JSONL data for preadaptation meaning in All languages combined (1.1kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.