incomplete metamorphosis
noun
insect development, as in the grasshopper and cricket, in which the change is gradual and characterized by the absence of a pupal stage.Compare complete metamorphosis.
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Nearby words
- incomplete dominance,
- incomplete fistula,
- incomplete flower,
- incomplete foot presentation,
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- incompletely,
- incompleteness,
- incompletion,
- incompliant,
- incomprehensibility
Also called imperfect metamorphosis, hemimetabolism.
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