| 释义 |
neoteny/ni:ˈɒt(ə)ni/n. Zool. 【动】 1 the retention of juvenile features in the adult; paedomorphosis 幼态持续；幼体发育 2 sexual maturity of an animal still in a larval stage, e.g. an axolotl 幼期性成熟(如美西螈) □ neotenic /-ˈtenik/ adj.□ neotenous adj.[German Neotenie (as NEO- + Greek teinō ‘extend’)] |