Home / C / cenogenesis

cenogenesis

noun /sinədʒɛnɪsɪs/ 5 syllables 11 letters Scrabble 14 WWF 18
Definitions
noun

introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)

Want another word?
Spin the dictionary for a fresh one.
Generate a word →