Pedomorphic

Not Acceptable For Game Play

This word is not acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Alternative spelling of paedomorphic.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of a juvenile character. The absence of a beard, the slight development of the larynx, and the shortness of the legs as compared with the arms, in the human male, are accounted pedomorphic traits.
  • Word Usage
    "These pedomorphic or neotenous dogs, who retain more features of juvenile members of canid species into adulthood, look least like adult wolves."
    Unknown