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- noun biology
incomplete metamorphosis ; the mode of development of certaininsects that includes three distinct stages:egg ,nymph , andimago (adult).
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- noun incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Hēmimetabola, former taxonomic group comprising the insects that undergo incomplete metamorphosis : Greek hēmi-, hemi- + metabolos, changeable (from metaballein, to change; see metabolism).]
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hemi- + metabolism
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