Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Noting that stage of evolution or auxology which is broadly equivalent to adolescence or approaching maturity: opposed to the
nepionic or infantile, and theephebic or adult stage.
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- adjective Relating to
youth or theearly stages .
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In Pilsbry's (1946) terminology, this particular individual is in the 3rd or final neanic stage.
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In Pilsbry's (1946) terminology, this particular individual is in the 3rd or final neanic stage.
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adj., Adolescent (designating, in Zoology, the stages of an animal's growth in which it acquires adult characteristics).
August 24, 2008