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— English words —

• exaptation n. (Biology, evolutionary theory) The use of a biological structure or function for a purpose other than…
• exaptation n. (Linguistics, by extension) The promotion of meaningless or redundant material so that it does new grammatical…

— In German —

• Exaptation S. Evolutionsbiologie: Nutzbarmachung einer Eigenschaft für…

— In French —

• exaptation n.f. (Biologie) Adaptation sélective dans laquelle la fonction…

27 English words from 2 English definitions

biological Biology by␣extension does evolutionary evolutionary␣theory extension for function grammatical Linguistics material meaningless new of␣a other other␣than promotion purpose redundant so␣that structure than that The theory use

2 English words from 2 foreign definitions

Adaptation dans

8 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Biologie Eigenschaft einer Evolutionsbiologie fonction für laquelle sélective

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

exaptations exaptational

22 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

apt Apt APT ap't apt. APTA -ation exa- exapt ion Ion -ion PTA tat Tat TAT Tati tio Tio tion -tion XAP

20 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

atp ATP axe Axe ita ITA NOI noit OIt OIT Oita Ōita pax Pax tat Tat TAT TATP tPA TPA

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

exaptations expatiation pretaxation

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

exaltation exoptation

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