06198083-n 'an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species';
 
Chinese (simplified) 幼态 持续 , 幼态 成熟 , 幼态持续 , 幼态成熟 , 幼期性熟
English neoteny ( )
Italian neotenia
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Japanese
開発が初期段階で止められ、幼生の特徴がその種の成体で保持されるように、早期に生まれる進化傾向
English
an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species
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Hypernym: evolutionary_trend
Semantic Field: cognitionn
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