hemimetabolous
(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
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