| NOUN | cognition | 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 |
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| Sounds | niyaa'tahniy | |
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| Rhymes | abalone ... Zuni: 221 rhymes with niy... | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Broader | evolutionary trend | A general direction of evolutionary change |
| Spanish | neotenia | |
| Catalan | neotenia, neotènia | |
| Adjectives | neotenic, neotenous | of or relating to or characterized by neoteny |
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