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Neoteny Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix neo-

Neoteny has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species

2

The retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult.

See Also
stage retention sexual pedomorphosis maturity juvenile larval neotenic
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
evolutionary trend
Rhyming Words
xeny deny eeny veny geny heny feeny teeny weeny sheeny greeny queeny deveny sweeny tweeny algeny ingeny lineny semeny doheny
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