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caenogenesis vs ontogenesis

ontogenesis vs caenogenesis

caenogenesis and ontogenesis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
caenogenesis Yes No No No
ontogenesis Yes No No No
As nouns, ontogenesis is a hypernym of caenogenesis; that is, ontogenesis is a word with a broader meaning than caenogenesis:
  • caenogenesis: introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
  • ontogenesis: (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
Other hypernyms of caenogenesis include development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogeny.
caenogenesis (noun) ontogenesis (noun)
introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
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