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HOLOMETABOLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does holometabola mean?
• HOLOMETABOLA (noun)
The noun HOLOMETABOLA has 1 sense:
1. insects that undergo complete metamorphosis
Familiarity information: HOLOMETABOLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Insects that undergo complete metamorphosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
holometabola; metabola
Hypernyms ("holometabola" is a kind of...):
insect (small air-breathing arthropod)
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