metamorphosis.

And in some whole groups of animals and in certain members of other groups, the embryo does not at any period differ widely from the adult: thus Owen has remarked in regard to cuttle-fish, ` there is no metamorphosis; the cephalopodic character is manifested long before the parts of the embryo are completed; 'and again in spiders, ` there is nothing worthy to be called a metamorphosis.'

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life 1859

And in some whole groups of animals and in certain members of other groups, the embryo does not at any period differ widely from the adult: thus Owen has remarked in regard to cuttle-fish, "there is no metamorphosis; the cephalopodic character is manifested long before the parts of the embryo are completed;" and again in spiders, "there is nothing worthy to be called a metamorphosis."

On the Origin of Species~ Chapter 13 (historical) Charles Darwin 1859

And in some whole groups of animals and in certain members of other groups, the embryo does not at any period differ widely from the adult: thus Owen has remarked in regard to cuttle-fish, "there is no metamorphosis; the cephalopodic character is manifested long before the parts of the embryo are completed;" and again in spiders, "there is nothing worthy to be called a metamorphosis."

On the origin of species Charles Darwin 1845

Screening programmes, in addition to identifying new conventional synthetic insecticides, should consider substances with different modes of action, particularly those which control or interfere with biochemical processes found only in insects, such as metamorphosis.

Chapter 5 1994

Owing to his working with galls he was unable to make decisive experiments, but he concludes, and that rightly, that in proportion as ink consists merely of gallate of iron, it is less liable to decomposition and any kind of metamorphosis.

Forty Centuries of Ink 1904

This latter was a little white grub, which corresponds in its development to the grub or caterpillar of the butterfly or fly; the ants thus exemplifying insects which undergo a complete "metamorphosis."

A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Various 1891

All my positive beliefs are in the crucible ready for any kind of metamorphosis.

Amiel's Journal Henri Fr��d��ric Amiel 1885

It’s a work of genius, effortlessly intertwining a wealth of mythology and folklore, ingeniously inter-linking the endless variety of stories using the idea of metamorphosis.

Ovid Sam Jordison 2005

It’s a work of genius, effortlessly intertwining a wealth of mythology and folklore, ingeniously inter-linking the endless variety of stories using the idea of metamorphosis.

Archive 2005-09-01 Sam Jordison 2005

He puts into his body another substance that becomes his own, by a kind of metamorphosis.

The Existence of God Fran��ois de Salignac de la Mothe- F��nelon 1683