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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