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heterometabolous

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

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adult essentially incomplete insect like metamorphosis nymph pupal stage there undergoing

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