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kainogenesis

kainogenesis is the alternative form of caenogenesis.

Meaning of caenogenesis

Noun

caenogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural caenogeneses)

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

Questions about kainogenesis

What is kainogenesis the alternative form of?
Kainogenesis is the alternative form of caenogenesis.

Words near kainogenesis in the dictionary

  1. kainic acid
  2. kainit
  3. kainite
  4. kainites
  5. kainits
  6. kainogenesis
  7. kainosite
  8. kainosites
  9. kainotophobia
  10. Kainozoic
  11. kains

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kainogenesis (page history and authors); caenogenesis (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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