Neoteny Definition

nē-ŏtn-ē
noun
The retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult.
Webster's New World
The development of adult features in the juvenile, as the attainment of sexual maturity in some larvae; paedogenesis.
Webster's New World

Origin of Neoteny

  • From German Neotenie, in turn from Ancient Greek νέος (neos, “young") and τείνειν (teinein, “to tense").

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin neotenia neo– Greek teinein ten- to extend tenesmus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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