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Definition of Holometabolic
1. Adjective. (of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis.
Similar to: Metamorphic
Derivative terms: Holometabolism, Holometabolism, Holometaboly
Definition of Holometabolic
1. a. Having a complete metamorphosis; -- said of certain insects, as the butterflies and bees.
Definition of Holometabolic
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or undergoing holometabolism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Holometabolic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Holometabolic
Literary usage of Holometabolic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"The value of this evidence from position is made apparent when the development
of the imaginai mouth structures in holometabolic insects with biting mouths, ..."
2. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1899)
"Among the other holometabolic insects, on the other hand, many or most of the
larval organs remain functional during the metamorphosis, hence there is but ..."
3. A Text-book of Invertebrate Morphology by James Playfair McMurrich (1896)
"The two remaining orders, the Coleoptera and Diptera, are very highly specialized,
both being holometabolic, and the temptation is to look for their ..."
4. Anatomy of the Invertebrata by Carl Th. Ernst Siebold (1874)
"(1) The- first occur chiefly with the larvae of holometabolic Insecta ; and the
second with Insecta in their perfect state. ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In the typical complete or holometabolic insects, .exemplified by beetles, the
Lepidoptera, flies, etc., the pupa stage is marked by quiescence and rest, ..."
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