Thesaurus: palingenesis

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1. n. Alt. of Palingenesy
2. n. emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
3. 1. A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence in different manner or form. 2. (Biol.) That form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple descent; -- distinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zoölogy, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc.
4. n. emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species