HyperDic: hemimetabolous

English > 1 sense of the word hemimetabolous:
ADJECTIVEallhemimetabolous, hemimetabolic, hemimetamorphous, hemimetamorphic(of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult
English > hemimetabolous: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning(of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult.
Synonymshemimetabolic, hemimetamorphous, hemimetamorphic
BroadermetamorphicCharacterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance
Spanishhemimetábolo
Nounshemimetabolismincomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects

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