pedomorphism

pedomorphism
Description of adult behavior in terms appropriate to child behavior. [G. pais (paid), child, + morphe, form]

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pe·do·mor·phism (pe″do-morґfiz-əm) [pedo-1 + morph- + -ism] the retention in the adult organism of highly progressive species of bodily characters which at an earlier stage of evolutionary history were actually only infantile. pedomorphic adj

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  • pedomorphism — noun the retention, by an adult, of juvenile characteristics Syn: neoteny …   Wiktionary

  • pedomorphism — pe·do·mor·phism …   English syllables

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  • pae|do|mor|phism — «PEE doh MR fihz uhm», noun. = pedomorphism. (Cf. ↑pedomorphism) …   Useful english dictionary

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