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HETEROMETABOLISM

Dictionary entry overview: What does heterometabolism mean?

• HETEROMETABOLISM (noun)
The noun HETEROMETABOLISM has 1 sense:

1. development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity

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

Dictionary entry details

• HETEROMETABOLISM (noun)

Sense 1

heterometabolism ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

heterometabolism; heterometaboly

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

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

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