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Definition of Holometabola
1. Noun. Insects that undergo complete metamorphosis.
Definition of Holometabola
1. n. pl. Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola.
Medical Definition of Holometabola
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Holometabola
Literary usage of Holometabola
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The holometabola.—Those orders that are characterized by a holometabolous
development are grouped together as the holometabola. ..."
2. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"In the holometabola the insect hatches from the egg in a form totally unlike the
... In the holometabola the larva e of various groups differ greatly in ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Amongst insects with imperfect metamorphosis the nearest approximations to the
true pupa of the holometabola are to be found in the subimago The division of ..."
4. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"In the case of the holometabola the internal phenomena of the ... The larvae of
the holometabola have for the most part a very different mode of life to the ..."
5. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eugen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1899)
"The same is the case in very many other holometabola, in which the transition
from the larva to the pupa rests essentially upon a transformation of parts ..."
6. The Life-story of Insects by George Herbert Carpenter (1913)
"Wherein lies the fundamental difference between these holometabola on the one
hand and the ... in the holometabola they are not seen until the pupal stage. ..."
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