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well-adapted

adjective

  1. having been made or adjusted to fit suitably into an environment, situation, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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This makes it well-adapted to hide within the white leaves of its sea pen host.

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Nevertheless, scientists believe it's only a matter of time, or time plus opportunity for the virus to evolve the necessary mutations — before a version that is well-adapted to humans begins to show human-to-human infection in a sustained way.

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“This species is really well-adapted to take food and convert that into new baby rats that are scampering around your neighborhood,” said Jonathan Richardson, a biologist at the University of Richmond who studies wildlife in cities and their impact on human health.

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Mangoes, which have been cultivated for millennia, are well-adapted to sub-tropical and tropical areas.

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For most Scandinavian vineyards, solaris is the grape of choice - an aromatic, hybrid variety that's well-adapted to colder climes, ripens easily, and is more disease resistant, allowing vineyards to avoid spraying pesticides.

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