cenogenesis

Noun

Meaning

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)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

caenogenesis kenogenesis cainogenesis kainogenesis development alternation of generations heterogenesis

Antonyms

palingenesis recapitulation

Hypernyms

development growth growing maturation ontogeny ontogenesis

Close letter words and terms

cenobium cenocron cenogamy cenogenetic cenogram Cenomanian