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hypermetamorphosis

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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 different larval instars represent two or more different forms of larva.
  • noun neurology An excessive visual exploration of environment

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