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    HETEROMETABOLISM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturityplay

    Synonyms:

    heterometabolism; heterometaboly

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural processes

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

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

    Derivation:

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

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