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HOLOMETABOLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does holometaboly mean? 

HOLOMETABOLY (noun)
  The noun HOLOMETABOLY has 1 sense:

1. complete metamorphosis in insectsplay

  Familiarity information: HOLOMETABOLY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOLOMETABOLY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Complete metamorphosis in insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

holometabolism; holometaboly

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

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

Domain category:

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

Derivation:

holometabolous ((of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis)


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