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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In entomology, the character of being subject to hypermetamorphosis; the process of undergoing complete transformation.
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- noun zoology An
extreme form ofmetamorphosis occurring in certaininsects (especiallybeetles of the family Meloidae) in which theanimal passes through two or moredifferent larval stages
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