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单词 neoteny
释义

neoteny

/niːˈɒtənɪ/
noun
mass noun
1
Zoology the retention of juvenile features in the adult animal
【动】幼态延续。亦称PAEDOMORPHOSIS.
1.1
the sexual maturity of an animal while it is still in a mainly larval state, as in the axolotl
幼期性熟。亦称PAEDOGENESIS.
派生词

neotenic

adjective

neotenous

adjective
词源
late 19th cent.: coined in German as Neotenie, from Greek neos 'new' (in the sense 'juvenile') + teinein 'extend'.
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