NOUN | process | hemimetamorphosis, hemimetabolism, hemimetaboly | incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects |
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Meaning | incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects. | |
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Synonyms | hemimetabolism, hemimetaboly | |
Broader | metamorphosis, metabolism | The marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals |
Spanish | hemimetabolismo, hemimetamorphosis | |
Catalan | hemimetabolisme, hemimetamorphosis | |
Adjectives | hemimetamorphous | (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult |
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