hemimetabolous

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adjective

(of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult
• Syn:
hemimetabolic, hemimetamorphous, hemimetamorphic
• Similar to:
metamorphic
• Derivationally related forms:
hemimetamorphosis (for: hemimetamorphous), hemimetabolism (for: hemimetabolic), hemimetaboly (for: hemimetabolic), hemimetabolism