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Japanese
ネオテニー on Japanese Wikipedia
Etymology
From English neoteny, from German Neotenie.
Pronunciation
Noun
ネオテニー • (neotenī)
- (biology) neoteny
- Synonym: 幼形成熟 (yōkei seijuku)