complete metamorphosis

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noun

insect development in which egg, larval, pupal, and adult stages occur, each differing greatly in morphology.Compare incomplete metamorphosis.

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Origin of complete metamorphosis

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby complete metamorphosis

complete hemianopsia, complete hernia, completely, completely normal space, completely regular space, complete metamorphosis, complete quadrilateral, completer set, complete transduction, completing the square, completion

How to use complete metamorphosis in a sentence

He then provides some insight into his psyche - complete with Animal House reference.
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Complete male reproductive independence would also hinge on artificial womb technology, which also made headlines in 2014.
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Occasionally, a level will take 20 or more strokes to complete.
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Still, McGee never trusts him enough to tell the complete story of what happened that day.
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Sullivan has by then moved in to help and he seeks to complete the arrest of the first man.
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However this be, it is hard to say that these fibs have that clear intention to deceive which constitutes a complete lie.
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He became a doctor in two hours, and it only cost him twenty dollars to complete his education.
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Prud'hon, in humiliation and despair, lived in a solitude almost complete.
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He staggered along with much difficulty and managed to complete half of it by Christmas.
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A culture which was complete one thousand years before Adam must have needed many thousands of years to develop.
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