PALINGENESIS; PALINGENESY
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.
PALINGENETIC
Pal`in*ge*net"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to palingenesis: as, a palingenetic process.
— Pal`in*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv.
PALINODE
Pal"i*node, n. Etym: [L. palinodia, from Gr. Ode.]
1. An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode.
2. A retraction; esp., a formal retraction. Sandys.
PALINODIAL
Pal`i*no"di*al, a.