hemimetabolic
HemimetabolousHemimetabolous
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Hemimetabolous
Grasshoppers and cockroaches are hemimetabolic.
More definitions
- (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult
Origin
From hemi- + metabolic.From hemi- + metabolic.
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult:hemimetaboloushemimetamorphoushemimetamorphic