Definition of Hemimetaboly

1. Noun. Incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemimetaboly

hemilaryngectomy
hemilateral
hemilateral chorea
hemileptic
hemilesion
hemilingual
hemimacroglossia
hemimandibulectomy
hemimegaloencephaly
hemimellitic
hemimetabola
hemimetabolic
hemimetabolism
hemimetabolous
hemimetaboly (current term)
hemimetamorphic
hemimetamorphosis
hemimetamorphous
hemimethylated
hemimethylated DNA
hemimicelle
hemimicelles
hemimorphic
hemimorphism
hemimorphisms
hemimorphite
hemin
heminae

Literary usage of Hemimetaboly

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1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"See hemimetaboly and imperfect.— Metamorphosis of ОГ- gans, in hit., the progressive adaptation of one organ to several different purposes, connected with ..."

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