Keeping some features that are associated with its youthful state, even while the animal itself has reached its mature state. This term is often used to describe the ability of some animals to reach sexual maturity while still larvae.
It also applies to our modern obsession with hairlessness, big eyes, and youthful clothing.
the idiot's way of pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
sorry, you have beendiagnosed with newmonoultramikroskopiksileecoevolkanokoneeosis
but sir, its pneumonoultramic-
SHUT IT TIMMY ITS NEWMONOULTRAMIKROSKOPIKSILEECOEVOLKANOKONEEOSIS