Definitions for neoteny
neoteny
ne·ot·e·ny
Spelling: [nee-ot-n-ee]
IPA: /niˈɒt n i/
Neoteny is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 79 anagrams from letters in neoteny (eennoty).
Definitions for neoteny
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 neoteny
1900-05; New Latin neotēnia Greek neo- neo- + teín(ein) to stretch + -ia -y3
Examples for neoteny
We have warrant for this possibility in the case of the Axolotl and in other similar cases of neoteny.