heterometabolic
Relating to heterometabolismRelating to heterometabolism
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Relating to heterometabolism
More definitions
- (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage
Origin
From hetero- + metabolic.From hetero- + metabolic.
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage:heterometabolous