Definitions from Wiktionary (exaptation)

▸ noun:  (biology, evolutionary theory) The use of a biological structure or function for a purpose other than that for which it initially evolved.
▸ noun:  (linguistics, by extension) The promotion of meaningless or redundant material so that it does new grammatical (morphosyntactic or phonological) or semantic work.


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