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neoteinia

neoteinia is the alternative form of neoteny.

Meaning of neoteny

Noun

neoteny (countable and uncountable, plural neotenies)

  1. The retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult.
    • 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.

Questions about neoteinia

What is neoteinia the alternative form of?
Neoteinia is the alternative form of neoteny.

Words near neoteinia in the dictionary

  1. neotard
  2. neotards
  3. neotechnic
  4. neotectonic
  5. neotectonics
  6. neoteinia
  7. neoteleost
  8. neoteleostean
  9. neoteleosteans
  10. neoteleostian
  11. neoteleosts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: neoteinia (page history and authors); neoteny (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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