| APPELLATIONAL | • appellational adj. Relating to appellation or naming. • APPELLATIONAL adj. of or like an appellation. |
| PREADAPTATION | • preadaptation n. (Biology) An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function. • PREADAPTATION n. a character of an organism or taxonomic group that takes on a function when none previously existed or that differs from its existing function which has been derived by evolution. |
| CARPOMETACARPI | • carpometacarpi n. Plural of carpometacarpus. • CARPOMETACARPUS n. in birds, a bone of the wing formed by fusion of some of the carpals with the metacarpals. |
| HEPATOPANCREAS | • hepatopancreas n. An organ of the digestive tract of arthropods and fish, which provides the functions which in mammals… • HEPATOPANCREAS n. a glandular structure (as of a crustacean) that combines the digestive functions of the vertebrate liver and pancreas. |
| MALAPPROPRIATE | • malappropriate v. Synonym of misappropriate. • MALAPPROPRIATE v. to misuse or misappropriate. |
| PALAEANTHROPIC | • palaeanthropic adj. Alternative form of paleoanthropic. • PALAEANTHROPIC adj. of or relating to the earliest types of man, also PALAEOANTHROPIC. |
| PALAEOGRAPHIST | • palaeographist n. (Now rare) palaeographer. • palæographist n. Obsolete form of paleographist. • PALAEOGRAPHIST n. a student of palaeography, also PALAEOGRAPHER. |
| PREADAPTATIONS | • preadaptations n. Plural of preadaptation. • PREADAPTATION n. a character of an organism or taxonomic group that takes on a function when none previously existed or that differs from its existing function which has been derived by evolution. |
| CARPOMETACARPUS | • carpometacarpus n. (Anatomy) The fusion of digits (carpals and metacarpals) that forms the wing in birds. • CARPOMETACARPUS n. in birds, a bone of the wing formed by fusion of some of the carpals with the metacarpals. |
| MALAPPROPRIATED | • malappropriated v. Simple past tense and past participle of malappropriate. • MALAPPROPRIATE v. to misuse or misappropriate. |
| MALAPPROPRIATES | • malappropriates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of malappropriate. • MALAPPROPRIATE v. to misuse or misappropriate. |
| PALAEOANTHROPIC | • palaeoanthropic adj. Alternative spelling of paleoanthropic. • PALAEOANTHROPIC adj. of or relating to the earliest types of man, also PALAEANTHROPIC. |
| PALAEOGRAPHISTS | • palaeographists n. Plural of palaeographist. • palæographists n. Plural of palæographist. • PALAEOGRAPHIST n. a student of palaeography, also PALAEOGRAPHER. |
| PALAEONTOGRAPHY | • palaeontography n. The description of fossil remains in scientific literature. • palaeontography n. The representation of forms of life represented by fossil remains. • PALAEONTOGRAPHY n. descriptive palaeontology, the description of fossil remains. |
| PALAEOPATHOLOGY | • palaeopathology n. Alternative form of paleopathology. • PALAEOPATHOLOGY n. the pathological study of the ancient remains of animals and humans. |
| PHARMACOTHERAPY | • pharmacotherapy n. (Medicine) The use of pharmaceuticals to treat disease. • PHARMACOTHERAPY n. the treatment of disease and esp. mental illness with drugs. |