| PREADAPT | • preadapt v. To adapt in advance. • PREADAPT v. to adapt beforehand. |
| PREADAMIC | • preadamic adj. Prior to the existence of the Biblical Adam. • PREADAMIC adj. relating to the belief that there were people on the earth before Adam. |
| PREADAPTS | • preadapts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preadapt. • PREADAPT v. to adapt beforehand. |
| PREADAMITE | • Preadamite n. An inhabitant of the Earth before the Biblical Adam. • Preadamite n. One who believes that men existed before the Biblical Adam. • pre-Adamite n. A member of any race that predates Adam. |
| PREADAPTED | • preadapted adj. Modified by preadaptation. • PREADAPT v. to adapt beforehand. |
| PREADAMITES | • Preadamites n. Plural of Preadamite. • pre-Adamites n. Plural of pre-Adamite. • PREADAMITE n. a person who believes that there were people on earth before Adam. |
| PREADAPTING | • preadapting v. Present participle of preadapt. • PREADAPT v. to adapt beforehand. |
| PREADAPTIVE | • preadaptive adj. Serving as an adaptation for something to occur in the future. • PREADAPTIVE adj. of, relating to, or characterized by preadaptation. |
| 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. |
| 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. |