Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Undergoing a metamorphosis that lacks a pupal stage. Used of certain insects.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Undergoing partial metamorphosis, as one of the Hemimetabola.
Wiktionary
- adj. Exhibiting hemimetabolism.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult
Etymologies
- hemi- + metabol(ic) + -ous. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Of course, you cannot rewire an organisms because of all the dependencies (although many evolutionists think this is very simple, e.g. from a ametabolous insect to a holo - or hemimetabolous insect).”
“The EcR isoforms were newly identified in 51 species of insects and non-insect arthropods, including direct-developing ametabolous and hemimetabolous insects.”
“Thus, intensive costly food provisioning of their young is not necessary, especially as young instars are rather independent due to their hemimetabolous development.”
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