Usually means: Retention of juvenile traits in adults.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word neoteny:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. neoteny: Merriam-Webster
  2. neoteny: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. neoteny: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. neoteny: Collins English Dictionary
  5. neoteny: Vocabulary.com
  6. Neoteny, neoteny: Wordnik
  7. neoteny: Wiktionary
  8. neoteny: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. neoteny: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. neoteny: Dictionary.com
  11. neoteny: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Neoteny: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. neoteny: Rhymezone
  14. neoteny: FreeDictionary.org
  15. neoteny: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. neoteny: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. neoteny: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. neoteny: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. neoteny: A Word A Day
  2. neoteny: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See neotenic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (neoteny)

noun:  (biology) The retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult.
noun:  (biology) The sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage.

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