HyperDic: holometabolism

English > 1 sense of the word holometabolism:
NOUNprocessholometabolism, holometabolycomplete metamorphosis in insects
English > holometabolism: 1 sense > noun 1, process
Meaningcomplete metamorphosis in insects.
Synonymholometaboly
Categoryinsectsmall air-breathing arthropod
Broadermetamorphosis, metabolismThe marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
Spanishholometabolía, holometabolismo
Catalanholometabolia
Adjectivesholometabolic, holometabolous(of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis

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