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caenogenesis

caenogenesis noun: the embryotic development of structures or characteristics not present in the species before.

Noun

caenogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural caenogeneses)

  1. The embryotic development of structures or characteristics not present in the species before.

caenogenesis meaning in Tamil

caenogenesis in Tamil

அண்மைக்காலப்பிறப்பு, புதியன தோன்றல்

Forms of caenogenesis

pluralcaenogeneses
alternative formcænogenesis
alternative formcainogenesis
alternative formcenogenesis
alternative formcoenogenesis
alternative formkainogenesis
alternative formkenogenesis

Origin of caenogenesis

From Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “new”) + English -genesis. First attested in 1909.

Words formed from caenogenesis

Questions about caenogenesis

What does caenogenesis mean?
Caenogenesis means the embryotic development of structures or characteristics not present in the species before.
What is caenogenesis in Tamil?
Caenogenesis in Tamil is அண்மைக்காலப்பிறப்பு, புதியன தோன்றல். See Caenogenesis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is caenogenesis?
Caenogenesis is a noun.
What is the plural of caenogenesis?
The plural of caenogenesis is caenogeneses.

Words near caenogenesis in the dictionary

  1. caenobia
  2. caenobium
  3. caenogastropod
  4. caenogastropods
  5. caenogeneses
  6. caenogenesis
  7. caenogenetic
  8. caenogeny
  9. caenolestid
  10. caenolestids
  11. caenolestoid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caenogenesis (page history and authors); caenogenesis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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