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N0060050 (nē-ŏt′n-ē)n.1. The retention of juvenile characteristics in the adults of a species, as among certain amphibians. Also called pedomorphism, pedomorphosis.2. The attainment of sexual maturity and subsequent reproduction by an organism still in its larval stage. Also called pedogenesis².

[New Latin neotenia : neo- + Greek teinein, ten-, to extend; see tenesmus.]

ne′o·ten′ic (nē′ə-tĕn′ĭk, -tē′nĭk), ne·ot′e·nous (-ŏt′n-əs) adj.

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neotenic - of or relating to or characterized by neoteny; "neotenic development"neotenous

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adj of or relating to or characterized by neoteny

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