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Definitions of 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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