Definitions for neotenies
neotenies
ne·ot·e·ny
Spelling: [nee-ot-n-ee]
IPA: /niˈɒt n i/
Neotenies is a 9 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 190 anagrams from letters in neotenies (eeeinnost).
Definitions for neotenies
noun
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Also called pedogenesis. the production of offspring by an organism in its larval or juvenile form; the elimination of the adult phase of the life cycle.
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a slowing of the rate of development with the consequent retention in adulthood of a feature or features that appeared in an earlier phase in the life cycle of ancestral individuals:
Origin of neotenies
1900-05; New Latin neotēnia Greek neo- neo- + teín(ein) to stretch + -ia -y3
Examples for neotenies
We have warrant for this possibility in the case of the Axolotl and in other similar cases of neoteny.