nepionic
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ancient Greek νήπιος (nḗpios, “infant”) -n- + -ic
Adjective
[edit]nepionic (comparative more nepionic, superlative most nepionic)
- (zoology) immature
- 1954, Alan Hilder Smout, Lower Tertiary Foraminifera of the Qatar Peninsula, British Museum (Natural History), page 25:
- A microspheric nucleoconch does not have an obvious deuteroconch, and is followed by a spiral nepionic stage, no matter what the adult chamber arrangement may be.