neoteny in Persian
نئوتنی
/niˈɒtəni/US/niˈɑːtəni/
neoteny in Persian: نئوتنی. In English, neoteny means the retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult.
Persian words for neoteny
- retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
- نئوتنی
English meaning of neoteny
- noun The retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult.
- noun The sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage.
neoteny in a sentence
- Most amphibians are aquatic only while young, but some amphibians with neoteny remain aquatic even as adults.
Synonyms of neoteny
neoteny in other languages
Questions about neoteny in Persian
- What is the meaning of neoteny in Persian?
- Neoteny in Persian is نئوتنی.
- معنی neoteny چیست؟
- Neoteny: نئوتنی.
- What does neoteny mean in English?
- Neoteny means the retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: neoteny (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Persian words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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