💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Holometamorphosis"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| holometabolismnoun | (entomology) The complete metamorphosis of an insect |
| hemimetamorphosisnoun | (biology) Incomplete or partial metamorphosis |
| hypermetamorphosisnoun | (biology) A kind of complete metamorphosis in which the different larval instars represent two or more different forms of larva. |
| metamorphnoun | (biology) An organism that has undergone metamorphosis |
| hemimetabolismnoun | (biology) Incomplete metamorphosis; the mode of development of certain insects that includes three distinct stages: egg, nymph, and imago (adult). |
| semimetamorphosisnoun | Partial metamorphosis. |
| metamorphosisnoun | A noticeable change in character, appearance, function, or condition. |
| metamorphismnoun | (zoology) The process by which insects develop through life stages, for example, those of embryo, larva, pupa and imago. The life cycle of the butterfly is one of complete metamorphosis, in which the embryo grows within the egg, hatches into the larval stage caterpillar, enters the pupal stage within its chrysalis, and finally emerges as an adult butterfly imago. |
| hypermetamorphismnoun | (zoology) An extreme form of metamorphosis occurring in certain insects (especially beetles of the family Meloidae) in which the animal passes through two or more different larval stages. |
| anchimetamorphismnoun | (geology) The process in which initial diagenesis is overtaken by metamorphosis |
| heterometabolismnoun | (biology) The form of insect development in which the nymph is very similar to the adult and matures without becoming a pupa |
| metaboliannoun | (zoology, dated) An insect which undergoes a metamorphosis. |
| hemimetabolannoun | (biology) Any organism that undergoes hemimetabolism |
| metabolanoun | (medicine) A change or mutation of disease, symptoms, or treatment. |
| holomorphosisnoun | (biology) The regeneration of a lost limb, tail or other part |
| peramorphoclinenoun | (biology) A sequence of increasingly more peramorphic species |
| cyclomorphosisnoun | (biology) Cyclic or seasonal changes in morphology. |
| neometabolynoun | (biology) The change in shape undergone by euglenids as they evolve |
| heteromorphosisnoun | (biology) The development of one tissue from a tissue of another type. |
| neosomynoun | (biology) An intrastadial metamorphosis associated with arthropod symbiosis |
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