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| ne·ot·e·ny [ nee óttənee, nee ótt'nee ] |
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juvenile features in adult animal: the existence of juvenile features in an adult animal, e.g. the retention of gills in some salamanders
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| [Late 19th century. <neo- + Greek teinein "stretch, extend"] |
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