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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Kenogenesis

· Ken·o·gen·e·sis · IPA
01 n. Modified evolution, in which nonprimitive characters make their appearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of the embryo to the pe…
  1. 1.
    Modified evolution, in which nonprimitive characters make their appearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of the embryo to the peculiar conditions of its environment; -- distinguished from palingenesis.(Biol.)