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from The Century Dictionary.
- Insects which undergo incomplete or partial metamorphosis; a subclass or superorder of hexapod insects, including a series intermediate between Ametabola on the one hand and Metabola on the other.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun subclass of insects characterized by gradual and usually incomplete metamorphosis
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