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Definition of Holometabolous
1. Adjective. (of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis.
Similar to: Metamorphic
Derivative terms: Holometabolism, Holometabolism, Holometaboly
Definition of Holometabolous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Holometabolous
1. Pertaining to a member of the Holometabola, a series of insect orders in which complex or complete metamorphosis is found. Origin: holo-+ G. Metabole, change (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Holometabolous
Literary usage of Holometabolous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"The Lepidoptera have the wings covered with scales; labium and labrum rudimentary,
the maxillae altered to a sucking tube; the development holometabolous. ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"the Diptera, and if this tracing can be effected for the other orders of
holometabolous insects, it will put the homology- determinations on a much better ..."
3. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"Those orders that are characterized by a holometabolous development are ...
The form in which a holometabolous insect leaves the egg is called larva. ..."
4. General Zoology by Arthur Sperry Pearse (1917)
"These insects have four wings covered with scales; the mouth parts form a long
sucking tube; all are holometabolous. The larvae of lepidopterous insects are ..."
5. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1900)
"The holometabolous insects are much newer, and are much richer in the number of
species than the older forms. 5. The great abundance of species in these ..."
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