holometabolism love

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as holometaboly.

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  • noun The complete metamorphosis of an insect

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  • noun complete metamorphosis in insects

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From New Latin Holometabola, former taxonomic group comprising the insects that undergo complete metamorphosis : Greek holo-, holo- + metabolos, changeable (from metaballein, to change; see metabolism).]

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