HETEROMETABOLISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heterometabolism mean? 

• HETEROMETABOLISM (noun)
  The noun HETEROMETABOLISM has 1 sense:

1. development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity

  Familiarity information: HETEROMETABOLISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HETEROMETABOLISM (noun)

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Meaning:

Development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

heterometabolism; heterometaboly

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

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

Derivation:

heterometabolic ((of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage)