heterometabolous

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Adj.

heterometabolous - (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stageheterometabolicmetamorphic - characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance

heterometabolous

het·er·o·me·tab·o·lous

(het'ĕr-ō-me-tab'ŏ-lŭs), Pertaining to a member of the Heterometabola, a superorder sometimes used for a series of insect orders in which incomplete metamorphosis is found. [hetero- + G. metabolē, change]

heterometabolous

Synonyms for heterometabolous

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

Synonyms

heterometabolic

Related Words

metamorphic

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