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neoteny

ne·ot·e·ny [ nee óttənee, nee ótt'nee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
juvenile features in adult animal: the existence of juvenile features in an adult animal, e.g. the retention of gills in some salamanders

[Late 19th century. <neo- + Greek teinein "stretch, extend"]
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