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  1. 1. n. Alt. of Palingenesy Source: opted
  2. 2. n. emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species Source: wordnet
  3. 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. Source: webster
  4. 4. n. emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species Source: ecdict

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