heterometabolous (s)
heterometabolic (s)

a01530378

type s
lex_filenum 00
def (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage
Outgoing links
Similar to metamorphic
Derivationally related form heterometabolic → heterometaboly
Derivationally related form heterometabolic → heterometabolism
Incoming links
Similar to metamorphic
Derivationally related form heterometaboly → heterometabolic
Derivationally related form heterometabolism → heterometabolic

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