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neotenies

neotenies is the plural 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 neotenies

What is neotenies the plural of?
Neotenies is the plural of neoteny.

Words near neotenies in the dictionary

  1. neotene
  2. neotenia
  3. neotenic
  4. neotenic complex syndrome
  5. neotenics
  6. neotenies
  7. neotenin
  8. neotenize
  9. neotenized
  10. neotenizes
  11. neotenizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: neotenies (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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