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recapitulative, a.|riːkəˈpɪtjʊlətɪv| [f. recapitulate: see -ative.] Characterized by (biological) recapitulation.
1875Dyer in Encycl. Brit. III. 692 The economy of nutrition [in plants] has probably generally led to the suppression of recapitulative structural details. 1879E. R. Lankester Advancem. Sc. i. (1890) 19 The tadpole is a recapitulative phase of development. |