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adaptations (animals)

Used for:

evolutionary adaptation

Broader Terms:

physiological processes and characteristics (animals)

Narrower Terms:

acclimatization
adaptive radiation
aestivation
coadaptation
diapause
hibernation
mimicry
osmotic adaptations
parallelism
social adaptation
specialization
torpor

See also:

animal behavior
attenuation
ecotypes