neotony

English Thesaurus

1. the state resulting when juvenile characteristics are retained by the adults of a species (noun.state)

hypernym	:	state,
definition	:	the way something is with respect to its main attributes (noun.tops)

derivation	:	neotenic, neotenous,
definition	:	of or relating to or characterized by neoteny (adj.pert)

derivation	:	neotenic, neotenous,
definition	:	of or relating to or characterized by neoteny (adj.pert)