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noun
emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
noun
the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)
noun
the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated
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