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NEOTONY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state resulting when juvenile characteristics are retained by the adults of a species
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("neotony" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Derivation:
neotenous (of or relating to or characterized by neoteny)
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