Neoteny

What do we mean by neoteny?

The retention of juvenile characteristics in the adults of a species, as among certain amphibians. noun

The attainment of sexual maturity and subsequent reproduction by an organism still in its larval stage. noun

In biology: The reversion of a phylum to a modified embryonic condition. noun

The retention by an organism of larval or juvenile characters beyond the time characteristic of other members of the group to which it belongs. This may be partial, as in the case of some toads and frogs, whose young pass the winter in the tadpole condition, or total, as in some salamanders that retain their external gills when adult. Also neotenia. noun

The retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult. noun

The sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage. noun

An evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species noun

The retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult.

The sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage.

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The continue of childish features in an adolescent/adult Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to neoteny:
neoteny, neotony, neotany.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word neoteny:
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Words that rhyme with neoteny:
monotony, botany, cottony, paleobotany, bottony, brought honey, cotton he, forgotten he, hot honey, rotten he.

Adjectives that are often used to describe neoteny:
human, partial, facial, progenetic, behavioral, social, amphibian, behavioural, progressive, facultative, global, genetic.

Consonant match to neoteny:
neotony.

Words that sound like neoteny:
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