neanic
/nɪˈanɪk/Zoology
adjective
Designating the later stages of an animal's growth, in which it acquires adult characteristics.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Sydney Buckman (1860–1929), geologist and palaeontologist. From ancient Greek νεανικός youthful from νεανίας young man + -ικός.
- Potemkin village
- potence
- potency
- potent
- potentacy
- potentate
- potent counter potent
- potented
- potential
- potential barrier
- potential difference
- potential divider
- potential energy
- potential flow
- potential function
- potential gradient
- potentialise
- potentiality
- potentialize
- potentially
- potentially exempt transfer
- potentialness
- potential scattering
- potential temperature
- potential wall