neotony - the state resulting when juvenile characteristics are retained by the adults of a speciesstate - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
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neotony
Related to neotony: pedomorphism, paedomorphism
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noun the state resulting when juvenile characteristics are retained by the adults of a species