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EXOPTERYGOTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Exopterygota mean?
• EXOPTERYGOTA (noun)
The noun EXOPTERYGOTA has 1 sense:
1. subclass of insects characterized by gradual and usually incomplete metamorphosis
Familiarity information: EXOPTERYGOTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subclass of insects characterized by gradual and usually incomplete metamorphosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Exopterygota; Hemimetabola; subclass Exopterygota
Hypernyms ("Exopterygota" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Holonyms ("Exopterygota" is a member of...):
class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)
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