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Immature Creature Devoured In Move Towards Adulthood Crossword Clue

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• develop into a pupa

34%7 The prolongation of youthful or immature characteristics into adulthood
noun

• an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species

34%9 Retention of larval or immature traits into adulthood
noun

• an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species

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