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Neotenous

see synonyms of neotenous

Adjective

1. neotenic, neotenous

of or relating to or characterized by neoteny

Example Sentences:
'neotenic development'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Neotenous

see synonyms of neotenous
noun
the persistence of larval or fetal features in the adult form of an animal. For example, the adult axolotl, a salamander, retains larval external gills
See also paedogenesis

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Neotenous

see synonyms of neotenous
noun Zoology
1. 
the retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
2. 
the development of adult features in the juvenile, as the attainment of sexual maturity in some larvae; paedogenesis

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Neotenous

see synonyms of neotenous
n.
1. The retention of juvenile characteristics in the adults of a species, as among certain amphibians. Also called pedomorphism, pedomorphosis.
2. The attainment of sexual maturity and subsequent reproduction by an organism still in its larval stage. Also called pedogenesis2.

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