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neotene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
neotene
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A reproductively mature animal in a juvenile form.

Etymology

Back-formation from neoteny.

Inflected Forms

neotenes (plural)

Questions

What does neotene mean?
A reproductively mature animal in a juvenile form.
Where does neotene come from?
Back-formation from neoteny.

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