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neossine | neossology | neostigmine | neotenic | neotenous | neoteny | neoteric | neoterical | neoterically | neoterism | neoterist

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neoteny

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun neoteny has 1 sense

neoteny(n = noun.cognition) - 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;

evolutionary trend

Derived form adjective neotenic₁

OXFORD DICTIONARY

neoteny, n. the retention of juvenile features in the adult form of some animals, e.g. an axolotl.

Derivative

neotenic adj. neotenous adj.

Etymology

G Neotenie (as NEO- + Gk teino extend)

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