HEMIMETABOLA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Subclass of insects characterized by gradual and usually incomplete metamorphosis

Synonyms:

Exopterygota; Hemimetabola; subclass Exopterygota

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Hemimetabola" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Holonyms ("Hemimetabola" is a member of...):

class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)

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