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