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  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  heterometabolic 
  adj  :  (of  an  insect)  undergoing  incomplete  metamorphosis  in  which 
  the  nymph  is  essentially  like  the  adult  and  there  is  no 
  pupal  stage  [syn:  {heterometabolous}] 

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