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HEMIMETABOLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hemimetaboly mean?
• HEMIMETABOLY (noun)
The noun HEMIMETABOLY has 1 sense:
1. incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects
Familiarity information: HEMIMETABOLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
hemimetabolism; hemimetaboly; hemimetamorphosis
Hypernyms ("hemimetaboly" is a kind of...):
metabolism; metamorphosis (the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals)
Derivation:
hemimetabolic ((of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult)
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