pedomorphy

English

Etymology

From pedo- (“child”) +‎ -morphy.

Noun

pedomorphy (uncountable)

  1. (US) Alternative spelling of paedomorphy.
    • 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 744:
      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.
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