palingenesis
palingenesis is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(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's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- apotheosis
- crop
- crucible
- edition
- generation
- into
- like
- multiplication
- multiply
- new
- production
- put
- reanimate
- reanimation
- reappearance
- refashion
- regenerate
- regeneration
- regrowth
- remake
- renascent
- renew
- renewal
- renovate
- renovation
- repeat
- reprint
- reproduce
- reproduction
- reproductive
- restoration
- restore
- resurrection
- resuscitate
- resuscitation
- revival
- revive
- revivification
- revivify
- spring
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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