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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun has 1 sense
- cenogenesis(n = noun.process) caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis - introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution);
Antonym: palingenesis
Derived form adjective cenogenetic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
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The introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (as addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution); a modified evolution, in which nonprimitive characters make their appearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of the embryo to the peculiar conditions of its environment; -- distinguished from palingenesis . [WordNet 1.5]