neosomy

neosomy
n. [Gr. neos, new; soma, body]
External transformation, during the formation of new cuticle, in an active stadium of a group normally metamorphosing by molts, i.e., certain insects, acarines, crustaceans and nematodes.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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