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peramorphosis

peramorphosis noun: maturation past adulthood.

Noun

peramorphosis (countable and uncountable, plural peramorphoses)

  1. maturation past adulthood
    • It exhibits peramorphosis to a degree unknown in any other caudate, in the case of a few characters even unknown in any other lissamphibian.2015 October 1, “An Extremely Peramorphic Newt (Urodela: Salamandridae: Pleurodelini) from the Latest Oligocene of Germany, and a New Phylogenetic Analysis of Extant and Extinct Salamandrids”, in...

Forms of peramorphosis

pluralperamorphoses

Questions about peramorphosis

What does peramorphosis mean?
Peramorphosis means maturation past adulthood.
What part of speech is peramorphosis?
Peramorphosis is a noun.
What is the plural of peramorphosis?
The plural of peramorphosis is peramorphoses.

Words near peramorphosis in the dictionary

  1. Peramiyam
  2. peramorphic
  3. peramorphocline
  4. peramorphoclines
  5. peramorphoses
  6. peramorphosis
  7. perampanel
  8. peramurid
  9. peramurids
  10. Peranakan
  11. Peranakan Indonesian

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