Adapted

adj. accommodated to, matched to, conformed to; made suitable; altered, changed as to make more fit for a particular objective; weighted (Finance)

v. conform; change, make suitable; match, fit; adapt oneself, become adjusted

An adaptation is a positive characteristic of an organism that has been favored by natural selection. The concept is central to biology, particularly in evolutionary biology. The term adaptation is also sometimes used as a synonym for natural selection, but most biologists discourage this usage.
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Adjective
1. changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose; "seeds precisely adapted to the area"; "instructions altered to suit the children's different ages"
(synonym) altered
(similar) modified

Verb
1. make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
(synonym) accommodate
(hypernym) change, alter, vary
(hyponym) adjust
(derivation) adapter, adaptor
2. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
(synonym) adjust, conform
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) readjust, readapt
(derivation) adaptation, adjustment

(imp. & p. p.)
of Adapt
  

<language> A subset of APT.
[Sammet 1969, p. 606].
(1995-02-14)