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Showing words for NEOTENY using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Neoteny

neoteny

6 Letter Words for Neoteny

entone

5 Letter Words for Neoteny

enent, ennoy, nonet, teeny, tenne, tenno, tenny, tenon, toney, tonne, yente

4 Letter Words for Neoteny

ento, eten, eton, eyen, eyne, eyot, neet, nene, neon, nete, none, note, nyet, teen, tene, toey, tone, tonn, tony, tyee, tyne, yont, yote

3 Letter Words for Neoteny

een, ene, eon, ety, eye, eyn, nee, neo, net, nne, non, not, noy, nye, one, ont, ony, oye, tee, ten, toe, ton, toy, tye, yee, yen, yeo, yet, yoe, yon, yot

Definitions for Neoteny

[1] Also called pedogenesis. the production of offspring by an organism in its larval or juvenile form; the elimination of the adult phase of the life cycle.
[2] a slowing of the rate of development with the consequent retention in adulthood of a feature or features that appeared in an earlier phase in the life cycle of ancestral individuals: Neoteny in the ostrich has resulted in adult birds sporting the down feathers of nestlings.
[3] the persistence of larval or fetal features in the adult form of an animal. For example, the adult axolotl, a salamander, retains larval external gills See also paedogenesis

Words nearby Neoteny

neostigmine, neostriatum, neostyle, neosurrealism, neotectonics, neoteny, neoteric, neoterism, neoterize, neothalamus, neotropical

Origin of Neoteny

1900–05; < New Latin neotēnia < Greek neo- neo- + teín(ein ) to stretch + -ia -y3

Other words from Neoteny

ne·ot·e·nous [nee-ot -n-uh  s] /niˈɒt n əs/ , adjective

Word origin for Neoteny

C19: from New Latin neotenia, from Greek neo- + teinein to stretch