| 单词 | neoteny |
| 释义 | neoteny —neotenous /nee ot"n euhs/, adj. /nee ot"n ee/, n. Biol. 1. 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. 2. 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: Neoteny in the ostrich has resulted in adult birds sporting the down feathers of nestlings. [1900-05; < NL neotenia < Gk neo- NEO- + teín(ein) to stretch + -ia -Y3] |
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