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Definition of "neotenic" [neotenic]

  • Exhibiting neoteny. (adjective)

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Use "neotenic" in a sentence
  • "Tiger salamanders often become neotenic (retaining their larval forms) even reproducing as larvae, and only rarely metamorphosing into terrestrial adults."
  • ""Maybe yellow blotches, wrinkles, and phantom fetuses really get a pubescent neotenic mole salamander in the mood for love.""
  • "Althouse: "Maybe yellow blotches, wrinkles, and phantom fetuses really get a pubescent neotenic mole salamander in the mood for love.""
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