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Definition of Ametabolous
1. Adjective. Undergoing slight or no metamorphosis.
Definition of Ametabolous
1. Adjective. (alternative form of ametabolic) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Ametabolous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ametabolous
Literary usage of Ametabolous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Eberhard Goebel (1905)
"Experiment shows us that the fertile shoots of the ametabolous species may be
... With regard to the external conditions we may recall that the ametabolous ..."
2. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"... they are either biting, licking and sucking, or piercing in function. 47.
Wingless insects usually have a direct (ametabolous) development with numerous ..."
3. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Robert Chambers, Alexander Ireland (1884)
"It is well worthy of remark that among plants the Cryptogamic, and among insects
the ametabolous, first appeared upon our earth. The most ancient forests, ..."
4. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1899)
"Packard says that the " wings of the lepidopterous pupa may be said to be in the
nymph stage of the ametabolous insects mentioned, since they are direct ..."
5. A Text-book of Entomology: Including the Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1898)
"Hence they are said to be ametabolous. Since there is an absence of even a tendency
to a partial metamorphosis, it is evident that the insects ha« not ..."
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