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neoteny
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[nɪˈɒtɪni], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the retention of juvenile features in the adult animal
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Origin
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early 20th century: from German Neotenie, from Greek neos ‘new’ (in the sense ‘juvenile’) + teinein ‘extend’
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