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archallaxis

archallaxis noun: the complete elimination of palingenetic features during the development of an embryo, such that ontogeny begins with an early deviation from the ancestral pattern.

Noun

archallaxis (countable and uncountable, plural archallaxes)

  1. The complete elimination of palingenetic features during the development of an embryo, such that ontogeny begins with an early deviation from the ancestral pattern.

Forms of archallaxis

pluralarchallaxes

Questions about archallaxis

What does archallaxis mean?
Archallaxis means the complete elimination of palingenetic features during the development of an embryo, such that ontogeny begins with an early deviation from the ancestral pattern.
What part of speech is archallaxis?
Archallaxis is a noun.
What is the plural of archallaxis?
The plural of archallaxis is archallaxes.

Words near archallaxis in the dictionary

  1. archaizingly
  2. archaka
  3. archakas
  4. archall
  5. archallaxes
  6. archallaxis
  7. Archambault
  8. Archambaults
  9. Archambeau
  10. Archambeaus
  11. archamoebid

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