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NEOTONY

Dictionary entry overview: What does neotony mean?

• NEOTONY (noun)
The noun NEOTONY has 1 sense:

1. the state resulting when juvenile characteristics are retained by the adults of a species

Familiarity information: NEOTONY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NEOTONY (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

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