Hypermetamorphosis :: Hypermetamorphosis (n.) A kind of metamorphosis, in certain insects, in which the larva itself undergoes remarkable changes of form and structure during its growth..
Metamorphose :: Metamorphose (v. t.) To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.
Metamorphosis :: Metamorphosis (n.) Change of form, or structure; transformation..
Metamorphosis :: Metamorphosis (n.) A change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into
Metamorphosis :: Metamorphosis (n.) The change of material of one kind into another through the agency of the living organism; metabolism.