Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not subject to metamorphosis.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Not undergoing any metamorphosis. Opposite of metabolic.
  • adjective undergoing only slight metamorphosis.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Not undergoing any metamorphosis.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective undergoing slight or no metamorphosis
  • adjective undergoing no (or only slight) metamorphosis

Etymologies

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a- +‎ metabolic

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