Definitions For Exaptation
Noun
EXAPTATION. (countable and uncountable, plural EXAPTATIONs) (biology, evolutionary biology) The use of a biological structure or function for a purpose other than that for which it initially evolved. :Translations
Italian: exattamento, mEtymology
ex-, adaptation. Coined 1982 by palaeontologists and to avoid the perceived teleological baggage of the existing term preadaptation.<ref>1982, S. J. Gould, E. S. Vrba, '''', Paleobiology, 8(1): 4–15</ref>See also
preadaptationIs Exaptation a Scrabble Word?
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Scrabble
19
Words with Friends
21
The word Exaptation is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends
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