HEMIMETABOLOUS


Meaning of HEMIMETABOLOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhe-mi-mə-ˈta-bə-ləs ]

adjective

Etymology: ultimately from Greek hemi- + metabolos changeable, from metabolē change — more at metabolism

Date: 1870

: characterized by incomplete metamorphosis

hemimetabolous insects

— compare holometabolous

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