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palingenesis |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Palingenesis \Pal`in*gen"e*sis\, Palingenesy \Pal`in*gen"e*sy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? again + ? birth: cf F. paling['e]n['e]sie. See {Genesis}.] 1. A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence in different manner or form 2. (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 zo["o]logy, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: palingenesis n : emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species [syn: {recapitulation}] [ant: {cenogenesis}]
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