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AMETABOLIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ametabolic mean?
• AMETABOLIC (adjective)
The adjective AMETABOLIC has 2 senses:
1. undergoing slight or no metamorphosis
2. undergoing no (or only slight) metamorphosis
Familiarity information: AMETABOLIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Undergoing slight or no metamorphosis
Synonyms:
ametabolic; ametabolous
Domain category:
zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)
Antonym:
metabolic (undergoing metamorphosis)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Undergoing no (or only slight) metamorphosis
Similar:
nonmetamorphic (not metamorphic)
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