Hemimetabolic Definition
adjective
(zoology) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in lacking wings.
Grasshoppers and cockroaches are hemimetabolic.
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Synonyms:
- hemimetamorphic
- hemimetamorphous
- hemimetabolous
Origin of Hemimetabolic
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hemi- + metabolic
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