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hemimetabolic |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hemimetabolic \Hem`i*met`a*bol"ic\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larv[ae] differing from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hemimetabolic adj : (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult [syn: {hemimetabolous}, {hemimetamorphous}, {hemimetamorphic}]
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