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hemimetabolous
hem·i·me·tab·o·lism H5148450 (hĕm′ē-mə-tăb′ə-lĭz′əm)n. See incomplete metamorphosis.
[From New Latin Hēmimetabola, former taxonomic group comprising the insects that undergo incomplete metamorphosis : Greek hēmi-, hemi- + metabolos, changeable (from metaballein, to change; see metabolism).]
hem′i·met′a·bol′ic (-mĕt′əbôl′ĭk), hem′i·me·tab′o·lous (-ə-ləs) adj.hemimetabolous (ˌhɛmiːmɪˈtæbələs) adj (Zoology) (of insects) relating to incomplete metamorphosisThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | hemimetabolous - (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adulthemimetabolic, hemimetamorphic, hemimetamorphousmetamorphic - characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance |
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hem·i·me·tab·o·lous (hem'ē-me-tab'ŏ-lŭs), Pertaining to a member of the series of insect orders, the Hemimetabola, in which simple or incomplete metamorphosis is found. [hemi- + G. metabolē, change] hemimetabolous
Related to hemimetabolous: holometabolous, hemimetabolous metamorphosisSynonyms for hemimetabolousadj (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adultSynonyms- hemimetabolic
- hemimetamorphic
- hemimetamorphous
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