Definition of Hemimetabolic

1. Adjective. (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult.

Exact synonyms: Hemimetabolous, Hemimetamorphic, Hemimetamorphous
Similar to: Metamorphic
Derivative terms: Hemimetabolism, Hemimetaboly, Hemimetabolism, Hemimetamorphosis

Definition of Hemimetabolic

1. a. Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvæ differing from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches.

Medical Definition of Hemimetabolic

1. Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemimetabolic

hemihypotonia
hemikaryon
hemiketal
hemilaminectomy
hemilaryngectomy
hemilateral
hemilateral chorea
hemilesion
hemilingual
hemimacroglossia
hemimandibulectomy
hemimellitic
hemimetabola
Hemimetabola
hemimetabolic (current term)
hemimetabolic (current term)
hemimetabolism
hemimetabolous
hemimetabolous
hemimetaboly
hemimetamorphic
hemimetamorphosis
hemimetamorphous
hemimethylated DNA
hemimorphic
hemimorphic
hemimorphism
hemimorphisms
hemimorphite
hemin

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