cenogenesis
[sē′nō jen′ə sis, sen′ō-]
noun
the development of structures in the embryonic or larval stage of an organism that are adaptive and do not appear in the evolutionary history of its group
Origin of cenogenesis
ceno- (; from Classical Greek kainos: see -cene) + -genesisRelated Forms:
- cenogenetic
adjective
cenogenesis
