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HETEROMETABOLIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heterometabolic mean?
• HETEROMETABOLIC (adjective)
The adjective HETEROMETABOLIC has 1 sense:
1. (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage
Familiarity information: HETEROMETABOLIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage
Synonyms:
heterometabolic; heterometabolous
Similar:
metamorphic (characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance)
Derivation:
heterometabolism; heterometaboly (development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity)
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