palingenesis Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
recapitulation.
WordNet
Pal`in*gen"e*sis, Pal`in*gen"e*sy noun
(Also<
- Palingenesis
- Palingenesy
)
Etymology
Gr. again + birth: cf. F.Definitions
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A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence in different manner or form. -
(Biol.) That form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple descent; -- distinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zoölogy, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc.
