- holometabolous metamorphosis
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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
holometabolous metamorphosis
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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
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
holometabolous — Pertaining to a member of the Holometabola, a series of insect orders in which complex or complete metamorphosis is found. [holo + G. metabole, change] * * * ho·lo·me·tab·o·lous .hō lō mə tab ə ləs, .häl ō adj having complete metamorphosis… … Medical dictionary
holometabolous — adjective Etymology: ultimately from Greek hol + metabolor changeable, from metabolē change more at metabolism Date: 1870 characterized by complete metamorphosis < holometabolous insects > compare hemimetabolous • holometabolism noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
metamorphosis — 1. A change in form, structure, or function. 2. Transition from one developmental stage to another. SYN: allaxis, transformation (1). [G. metamorphasos, transformation fr. meta, beyond, over, + morphe, form] complete m. insect … Medical dictionary
holometabolous — adjective (of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis • Syn: ↑holometabolic • Similar to: ↑metamorphic • Derivationally related forms: ↑holometaboly, ↑holometabolism, ↑holometabolism ( … Useful english dictionary
holometabolous — holometabolism, holometaboly, n. /hol oh mi tab euh leuhs, hoh loh /, adj. Entomol. undergoing complete metamorphosis. Also, holometabolic /hol oh met euh bol ik, hoh loh /. [1865 70; HOLO + Gk metabólos; see METABOLISM, OUS] * * * … Universalium
holometabolous — hol•o•me•tab•o•lous [[t]ˌhɒl oʊ mɪˈtæb ə ləs, ˌhoʊ loʊ [/t]] also hol•o•met•a•bol•ic [[t] ˌmɛt əˈbɒl ɪk[/t]] adj. ent (of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis hol o•me•tab′o•lism, hol o•me•tab′o•ly, n … From formal English to slang
holometabolous — An insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis to the adult from a morphologically distinct larval stage … Glossary of Biotechnology
complete metamorphosis — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The transformation period encompassing larva, pupa and adult; holometabolous metamorphosis; see incomplete metamorphosis … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
