hemimetabolous
adjective
having the developmental stages of an incomplete metamorphosis.
hemimetabolic
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a variation of
hemimetabolous.
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a word derived from
hemimetabolism.
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Such insects as dragon-flies and may-flies, whose young, though unlike the parent, develop into the adult form without a resting pupal stage are said to undergo an “incomplete transformation” or to be hemimetabolic.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
Like most ametabolic and hemimetabolic Hexapoda, such nymphs continue to move and feed throughout their lives.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
