neoteny

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /niˈɒtəni/    美 /niˈɑːtəni/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult. countable,uncountable
    — Most amphibians are aquatic only while young, but some amphibians with neoteny remain aquatic even as adults.
  2. The sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage. countable,uncountable

词形变化

neotenies plural

词汇关系

近义词
pedomorphism
衍生词
neotenic neotenin neotenist neotenous neotenously
相关词
agerasia

词源

From German Neotenie, coined in 1884 by anatomist Julius Kollmann from Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “young”) + τείνειν (teínein, “to tense”).
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