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from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
heterometabolous .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage
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