Neoteny
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
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
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Neotenies
- possessive
- Neoteny's
- pluralpossessive
- Neotenies'