单词	counteradaptation
释义	counteradaptation noun coun·​ter·​ad·​ap·​ta·​tion ˌkau̇n-tər-ˌa-ˌdap-ˈtā-shən  -dəp- variants or counter-adaptation plural counteradaptations or counter-adaptations 1 : adaptation of an organism (as in modification of behavior, physiology, or form) in response to an adaptation of another organism with which it regularly interacts counteradaptation of insect pests in response to novel defensive chemicals produced by plant hosts also : a favorable trait that arises as a result of counteradaptation counteradaptations serving as a selective force to future change 2 : opposition to the effect of a drug or stimulus that is hypothesized to develop in an organism as a mechanism to maintain homeostasis counteradaptive adjective or counter-adaptive counteradaptive processes counteradaptive coevolution Word History First Known Use 1916, in the meaning defined at sense 2
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