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incomplete metamorphosis

[in-kuhm-pleet met-uh-mawr-fuh-sis]

noun

  1. insect development, as in the grasshopper and cricket, in which the change is gradual and characterized by the absence of a pupal stage.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of incomplete metamorphosis1

First recorded in 1770–75

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