Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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
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
incomplete — in·com·plete .in kəm plēt adj 1) of insect metamorphosis having no pupal stage between the immature stages and the adult with the young insect usu. resembling the adult compare COMPLETE (1) 2) of a bone fracture not broken entirely across compare … Medical 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
incomplete — adjective Etymology: Middle English incompleet, from Late Latin incompletus, from Latin in + completus complete Date: 14th century 1. not complete ; unfinished: as a. lacking a part; especially lacking one or more sets of floral organs b. of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
complete metamorphosis — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The transformation period encompassing larva, pupa and adult; holometabolous metamorphosis; see incomplete metamorphosis … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
direct metamorphosis — see incomplete 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
incompletemetamorphosis — incomplete metamorphosis n. A life cycle of certain insects, such as crickets and grasshoppers, characterized by the absence of a pupal stage between the immature and adult stages. * * * … Universalium
Insect — For the Breed 77 album, see Insects (album). Insect Temporal range: 396–0 Ma … Wikipedia
