hemimetabolic

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Adjective hemimetabolic has 1 sense

hemimetabolous, hemimetabolic, hemimetamorphous, hemimetamorphic - (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult
Antonym: nonmetamorphic (indirect, via metamorphic)

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Hemimetabolic

Definition:

Adjective:

Relating to or undergoing hemimetabolism, a form of incomplete metamorphosis in insects, characterized by three distinct life stages: egg, nymph, and adult.

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Hemimetabolic describes the life cycle of insects that undergo incomplete metamorphosis.

The hemimetabolic grasshopper starts its life as an egg, then progresses into a nymph before finally reaching adulthood.

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