Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
metabasis , 2. - Insects winch undergo complete or entire metamorphosis or transformation, as the Diptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Hymenoptera: in contradistinction to the Heterometabola.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) A comprehensive group of insects, including those that undegro a metamorphosis.
- noun (Med.) A change or mutation; a change of disease, symptoms, or treatment.
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- noun plural (
entomology ) Insects thatmetamorphose . - noun medicine A change or mutation of disease, symptoms, or treatment.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun insects that undergo complete metamorphosis
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolē, "change"); μετά (meta, "beyond") + βολέω (boleō, "throw").
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