| NOUN | process | heterometabolism, heterometaboly | development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage / stage precedes maturity |
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| Meaning | Development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage / stage precedes maturity. | |
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| Synonym | heterometaboly | |
| Broader | metamorphosis, metabolism | The marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals |
| Adjectives | heterometabolic | (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage / stage |
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