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    HEMIMETAMORPHOSIS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insectsplay

    Synonyms:

    hemimetabolism; hemimetaboly; hemimetamorphosis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural processes

    Hypernyms ("hemimetamorphosis" is a kind of...):

    metabolism; metamorphosis (the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals)

    Derivation:

    hemimetamorphous ((of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult)

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