Term: adaptation: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: common dolphin: black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: athlete: a person trained to compete in sports
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: primitive: a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: umbrella bird: black tropical American bird having a large overhanging crest and long feathered wattle
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: cynocephalidae: a family of Dermoptera
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: ratiocination: logical and methodical reasoning
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: volvariaceae: a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: greengrocer: a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: hop: an informal dance where popular music is played
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: injury: wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted