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HEMIMETABOLOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult
Synonyms:
hemimetabolic; hemimetabolous; hemimetamorphic; hemimetamorphous
Classified under:
Similar:
metamorphic (characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance)
Derivation:
hemimetabolism (incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects)
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