Usually means: Repurposed for use beyond original.
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  1. exaptive: Collins English Dictionary
  2. exaptive: Dictionary.com
  3. exaptive: TheFreeDictionary.com
  4. exaptive: Wiktionary

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▸ adjective:  Relating to exaptation.

Similar:
exaptative, exaptational, expropriatory, exopodal, exonic, exoenzymatic, adaptional, excretory, epexegetical, exostotic, more...

Opposite:
adaptive, maladaptive, non-adaptive

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Similar:
exaptative, exaptational, expropriatory, exopodal, exonic, exoenzymatic, adaptional, excretory, epexegetical, exostotic, more...

Opposite:
adaptive, maladaptive, non-adaptive



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