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Holometabola :: Holometabola (n. pl.) Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola.

Hemimetabolic :: Hemimetabolic (a.) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches..

Hemimetabola :: Hemimetabola (n. pl.) Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis.

Morphosis :: Morphosis (n.) The order or mode of development of an organ or part.

Holometabolic :: Holometabolic (a.) Having a complete metamorphosis;-said of certain insects, as the butterflies and bees..

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

Pistillody :: Pistillody (n.) The metamorphosis of other organs into pistils.

Metabolian :: Metabolian (n.) An insect which undergoes a metamorphosis.

Ametabolian :: Ametabolian (a.) Of or pertaining to insects that do undergo any metamorphosis.

Phyllome :: Phyllome (n.) A foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous with a leaf, or produced by metamorphosis of a leaf..

Transformation :: Transformation (n.) Any change in an organism which alters its general character and mode of life, as in the development of the germ into the embryo, the egg into the animal, the larva into the insect (metamorphosis), etc.; also, the change which the histological units of a tissue are prone to undergo. See Metamorphosis..

Monogenesis :: Monogenesis (n.) The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; -- opposed to metagenesis..

Transformation :: Transformation (n.) Change of one from of material into another, as in assimilation; metabolism; metamorphosis..

Ametabolous :: Ametabolous (a.) Not undergoing any metamorphosis; as, ametabolic insects..

Metabolia :: Metabolia (n. pl.) A comprehensive group of insects, including those that undegro a metamorphosis..

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..

Phoronis :: Phoronis (n.) A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva (Actinotrocha) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis.

Petalody :: Petalody (n.) The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals..

Anthropomorphosis :: Anthropomorphosis (n.) Transformation into the form of a human being.

Anamorphosy :: Anamorphosy (n.) Same as Anamorphosis.

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