| ADJECTIVE | pert | neotenous, neotenic | of or relating to or characterized by neoteny |
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| Meaning | Of or relating to or characterized by neoteny. | |
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| Synonym | neotenic | |
| Nouns | neoteny | an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage / stage and juvenile characteristics / characteristics are retained in adults of the species |
| neotony | the state resulting when juvenile characteristics / characteristics are retained by the adults of a species | |
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