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palingenesis (noun; Greek palin, back; genesis, descent): 1. Characteristics of an individual that repeats the phylogenetic development of its taxon.

2. The regeneration or restoration of a lost part.

3. Abrupt metamorphosis

See also: cenogenesis, recapitulation theory.