heterometabolous

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adjective

(of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage
• Syn:
heterometabolic
• Similar to:
metamorphic
• Derivationally related forms:
heterometaboly (for: heterometabolic), heterometabolism (for: heterometabolic)