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(of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage

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  1. adj. (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage
  2. s (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage