PALINGENETIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palingenetic mean? 

• PALINGENETIC (adjective)
  The adjective PALINGENETIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to palingenesis

  Familiarity information: PALINGENETIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALINGENETIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to palingenesis

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Antonym:

cenogenetic (of or relating to cenogenesis)

Pertainym:

palingenesis (emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species)

Derivation:

palingenesis (emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species)