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neoteny (n.)
[neoteny 词源字典]
retention of juvenile characteristics in adult life, 1901, from German
neotenie
(1884), from Greek
neos
"young" (see
new
) +
teinein
"to extend" (see
tenet
).
[neoteny etymology, neoteny origin, 英语词源]