exapted
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Abiogenesis — Primordial soup redirects here. For the board game, see Primordial Soup (board game). Origin of life redirects here. For views on the origins of life outside the natural sciences, see Creation myth. Pre Cambrian stromatolites in the Siyeh… … Wikipedia
exapt — adaptation by selection to a different purpose, e.g. the buoyancy function of the swimbladder was exapted as a respiratory organ in some fishes … Dictionary of ichthyology
exaptive — See exapted. * * * … Universalium
