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HETEROMETABOLOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heterometabolous mean?
• HETEROMETABOLOUS (adjective)
The adjective HETEROMETABOLOUS 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: HETEROMETABOLOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HETEROMETABOLOUS (adjective)
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)
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