- palingenesis, recapitulation - emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
--1 is a kind of growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
Derived form: verb recapitulate2 - recapitulation - a section of a musical composition or movement in which themes introduced earlier are repeated
--2 is a kind of section, subdivision
Derived form: verb recapitulate3 - recapitulation, recap, review - a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
--3 is a kind of capitulation
--3 has particulars: epanodosDerived form: verb recapitulate1