Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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
Metamorphosis — This article is about the biological process. For other uses, see Metamorphosis (disambiguation). A dragonfly in its final moult, undergoing metamorphosis from its nymph form to an adult. Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal… … Wikipedia
hemimetabolous — Pertaining to a member of the series of insect orders, the Hemimetabola, in which simple or incomplete metamorphosis is found. [hemi + G. metabole, change] * * * hemi·me·tab·o·lous mə tab ə ləs adj characterized by incomplete metamorphosis… … Medical dictionary
hemimetabolous — adjective Etymology: ultimately from Greek hemi + metabolos changeable, from metabolē change more at metabolism Date: 1870 characterized by incomplete metamorphosis < hemimetabolous insects > compare holometabolous … New Collegiate Dictionary
hemimetabolous — hemimetabolism, hemimetaboly, n. /hem ee mi tab euh leuhs/, adj. Entomol. undergoing incomplete metamorphosis. Also, hemimetabolic /hem ee met euh bol ik/. [1865 70; HEMI + METABOLOUS] * * * … Universalium
hemimetabolous — adjective (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult • Syn: ↑hemimetabolic, ↑hemimetamorphous, ↑hemimetamorphic • Similar to: ↑metamorphic • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … 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
Whitefly — Taxobox name = Whitefly image width = 250px image caption = Whiteflies ( Trialeurodes vaporariorum ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Homoptera subordo = Sternorrhyncha superfamilia = Aleyrodoidea familia =… … Wikipedia
manometabola — see hemimetabolous metamorphosis … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Hemimetabolism — or hemimetaboly, also called incomplete metamorphosis, is a term used to describe the mode of development of certain insects that includes three distinct stages: the egg, nymph, and the adult stage, or imago. These groups go through gradual… … Wikipedia
