Medical Definition of Holometabolous metamorphosis

1. Insect development from egg, through successive larval instars, pupa, and adult; the latter is distinct from the first two forms of the insect, permitting specialization of feeding (larval) and reproductive-flying functions (adult); characteristic of the higher insect orders, such as Coleoptera (beetles), Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants), Diptera (two-winged flies), and Siphonaptera (fleas). Synonym: holometabolous metamorphosis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Holometabolous Metamorphosis

hologynic inheritance
hologynies
hologyny
holohedral
holohedral
holohemihedral
holomastigote
holometabola
holometabola
holometabolic
holometabolic
holometabolism
holometabolisms
holometabolous
holometabolous
holometabolous metamorphosis (current term)
holometaboly
holomiantic
holomorphosis
holonym
holonymy
holophanerous
holophotal
holophrastic
holophyte
holophytes
holophytic
holophytic
holoprosencephaly
holoprotein

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