Category:Palingenesis

Pal`in*gen"e*sis, pal`in*gen"e*sy, n. Etym: [gr. palingénésie. See Genesis.]

1. A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence In different manner or form.

2. (biol.)

Defn: that form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters Conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple Descent; -- distinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zoölogy, The abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc.