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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
holometaboly .
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- noun The complete
metamorphosis of aninsect
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- noun complete metamorphosis in insects
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Holometabola, former taxonomic group comprising the insects that undergo complete metamorphosis : Greek holo-, holo- + metabolos, changeable (from metaballein, to change; see metabolism).]
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