SINCE 1828
archallaxis
noun
ar·chal·lax·is
| \ ˌärkəˈlaksə̇s\
plural archallaxes\ -kˌsēz \
Definition of archallaxis
biology
: the early deviation from an ancestral developmental pattern eliminating recapitulation
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