Most amphibians are aquatic only while young, but some amphibians with neoteny remain aquatic even as adults.
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Neoteny
//niˈɑːtəni//
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30 translations across 19 languages.
Bashkir
1 entries- неотения noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 幼態延續 /幼态延续 noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
- 幼態持續 /幼态持续 noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
Finnish
2 entries- neotenia noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
- vajaa yksilönkehitys noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
French
2 entries- néoténie noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
- néoténie noun (sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage)
Georgian
1 entries- ნეოტენია noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
German
2 entries- Neotenie noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
- Verjugendlichung noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
Greek
1 entries- νεοτενία noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
Irish
2 entries- neoitineacht noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
- neoitineacht noun (sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage)
Italian
2 entries- neotenia noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
- neotenia noun (sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage)
Japanese
3 entries- ネオテニー noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
- 幼形成熟 noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
- 幼態成熟 noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
Kazakh
1 entries- неотения noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
Korean
1 entries- 유형성숙 noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- неотения noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
Occitan
1 entries- neotenia noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
Persian
1 entries- نئوتنی noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
Polish
2 entries- neotenia noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
- neotenia noun (sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage)
Russian
2 entries- неоте́ния noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
- неоте́ния noun (sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage)
Spanish
1 entries- neotenia noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
Swedish
2 entries- neoteni noun (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
- neoteni noun (sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage)
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Richard Wrangham has noted that the domestication of animals usually tames them by slowing down components of the developmental timetable to retain juvenile traits into adulthood, a process called pedomorphy or neoteny.
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