acclimatory
ac·clim·a·to·ry [ ə-ˈklī-mə-ˌtȯr-ē]
: of or relating to the physiological adjustment made by an organism to a change in its immediate environment
Land plants … have developed sophisticated mechanisms that allow for both immediate and acclimatory responses to changing environments.— Stanislaw Karpinski, Science, 23 Apr. 1999 … when compared with fish and other ectothermic animals, amphibians appear to have less capacity for acclimatory change …— Robert E. Ricklefs and Gary L. Miller, Ecology, 2000
First Known Use of acclimatory
1855, in the meaning defined above
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