Meanings
nounpedomorphy (uncountable)
- USalternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of paedomorphy.
Richard Wrangham has noted that the domestication of animals usually tames them by slowing down components of the developmental timetable to retain juvenile traits into adulthood, a process called pedomorphy or neoteny.
2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 744
Origin
From pedo- (“child”) + -morphy.
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pedomorphy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedomorphy
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pedomorphy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedomorphy.
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