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Palingenesy logo #21002• (n.) 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 zoology, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc. • (n.) A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence in dif...
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palingenesy

palingenesy logo #209731. A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence in different manner or form. ... 2. <biology> 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 zoology, the abrupt metamorphosis of insec...
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palingenesy

palingenesy logo #21009palingenesis, palingenesy 1. Spiritual rebirth by means of baptism. 2. Regeneration, birth over again; revival, re-animation, resuscitation. 3. In medicine, the regeneration or restoration of a lost part. 4. The appearance of ancestral characters in successive generations.
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