HEMIMETABOLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects

Synonyms:

hemimetabolism; hemimetaboly; hemimetamorphosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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

metabolism; metamorphosis (the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals)

Derivation:

hemimetabolic ((of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult)

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