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Noun Concept
Categories: Taxonomy (biology), Developmental biology, Evolutionary biology
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neoteny  neotenia  paedomorphic  paedomorphism  paedomorphosis  Youngness
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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 WordNet 3.0
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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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Neoteny, also called juvenilization, is the delaying or slowing of the physiological, or somatic, development of an organism, typically an animal. Wikipedia
Retaining juvenile features into adulthood Wikidata
Of, relating to, or resulting from the retention of juvenile characteristics by an adult. OmegaWiki
The retention, by an adult, of juvenile characteristics. OmegaWiki
An evolution of a species where adults start showing traits that were originally only seen in youngs. OmegaWiki
The sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage. Wiktionary
Sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage. Wiktionary (translation)
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evolutionary trend
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neotenic
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neotenia
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neoteny
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neoteny
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neoteny
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neoteny
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paedomorphic, paedomorphism, paedomorphosis, pedomorphic, pedomorphism, pædomorphic, pædomorphosis
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Juvenification, Juvenilization, Neotany, neotenic, neotenous, Neotonous, paedogenesis, Paedomorph, paedomorphic, Paedomorphic expression, paedomorphism, paedomorphosis, Paedomorphy, Pedomorph, pedomorphic, pedomorphism, Pedomorphoses, pedomorphosis, progenesis, Psychological Neoteny, Psychological neoteny, Pædogenesis, Retention of juvenile traits, Youngly, Youngness, Youthful, Youthfully

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