hemimetabolic

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective hemimetabolic has 1 sense

hemimetabolic(s = adj.all) hemimetabolous, hemimetamorphic, hemimetamorphous - (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult;

Derived forms noun hemimetabolism₁, noun hemimetaboly₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

hemimetabolic, a.

Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvæ differing from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches. [1913 Webster]