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HOLOMETABOLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does holometaboly mean?
• HOLOMETABOLY (noun)
The noun HOLOMETABOLY has 1 sense:
1. complete metamorphosis in insects
Familiarity information: HOLOMETABOLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Complete metamorphosis in insects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
holometabolism; holometaboly
Hypernyms ("holometaboly" is a kind of...):
metabolism; metamorphosis (the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals)
Domain category:
insect (small air-breathing arthropod)
Derivation:
holometabolous ((of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis)
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