Word
Kenogenesis
How many syllables?
5 Syllables
How it's divided?
ke-no-gen-e-sis
Definition
- n. - Modified evolution, in which nonprimitive characters
make their appearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of the
embryo to the peculiar conditions of its environment; -- distinguished
from palingenesis.
- 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)
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