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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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metamorphosis — /met euh mawr feuh sis/, n., pl. metamorphoses / seez /. 1. Biol. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. Cf. complete… … Universalium
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direct development — noun : development without a metamorphosis … Useful english dictionary
incomplete metamorphosis — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In hemimetabolous exoptergotes, the immatures differing from the adult mainly by incomplete development in the wings and genitalia and develop without quiescent state; direct metamorphosis; see complete metamorphosis … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
heterometabolous metamorphosis — adj. [Gr. heteros, different; metabole, change] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Developing by incomplete or direct metamorphosis where there is no pupal stage; the immature resemble adult insects and are known as nymphs. heteromorph n. [Gr. heteros,… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
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