HETEROMETABOLISM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity

Synonyms:

heterometabolism; heterometaboly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("heterometabolism" is a kind of...):

metabolism; metamorphosis (the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals)

Derivation:

heterometabolic ((of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage)