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noun
The embryotic development of structures or characteristics not present in the species before.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cenogenesis, kenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
History
From Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “new”) + English -genesis. First attested in 1909.
Across languages
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