neoteny

Meaning of neoteny

noun

the retention of juvenile features in the adult animal.

late 19th century: from German Neotenie, from Greek neos ‘new’ (in the sense ‘juvenile’) + teinein ‘extend’.

Information about neoteny

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of neoteny is: neotenies.
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Hyphenation of neoteny

neoteny

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • neoteny is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with neoteny

synteny, Britteny, kitteny, polyteny

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