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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PALINGENESIS; PALINGENESY

Pal `in *gen "e *sis, Pal `in *gen "e *sy, n. Etym: [Gr. palingénésie. See Genesis. ]

1. A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence in different manner or form.

2. (Biol.)

Defn: 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.

New American Oxford Dictionary

palingenesis

pal in gen e sis |ˌpalinˈjenəsis ˌpælənˈʤɛnəsəs | ▶noun Biology the exact reproduction of ancestral characteristics in ontogenesis. DERIVATIVES pal in ge net ic |ˌpalinjəˈnetik |adjective ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Greek palin ‘again ’ + genesis ‘birth. ’

Oxford Dictionary

palingenesis

palingenesis |ˌpalɪnˈdʒɛnɪsɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Biology the exact reproduction of ancestral characteristics in ontogenesis. DERIVATIVES palingenetic |-dʒɪˈnɛtɪk |adjective ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Greek palin ‘again ’ + genesis ‘birth ’.

Duden Dictionary

Palingenesis

Pa lin ge ne sis Substantiv, feminin , die Palingenesie |Paling e nesis |die Palingenesis; Genitiv: der Palingenesis, Plural: die Palingenesen griechisch-neulateinisch Palingenese 2