adjective
- adapted or adjusted together; mutually fitted or suited to each other
Usage: often used in biology and ecology to describe organisms or traits that have evolved together
Examples
- The flower and its pollinator have coadapted traits that allow them to work together efficiently.
- Coadapted genes in the population tend to be inherited together.
- The predator and prey species show coadapted behaviors developed over millions of years.
- These coadapted systems demonstrate how evolution shapes multiple organisms simultaneously.
- The plant's structure and the insect's anatomy are coadapted for successful pollination.