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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In entomology, complete metamorphosis; radical transformation; change from one form to a very different one. See
hypermetamorphism .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A kind of metamorphosis, in certain insects, in which the larva itself undergoes remarkable changes of form and structure during its growth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology A kind of complete
metamorphosis in which the differentlarval instars represent two or more different forms of larva. - noun neurology An excessive visual exploration of environment
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