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Webster 1913 Edition
Hemimetabolic
Hemˊi-metˊa-bol′ic
,Adj.
(Zool.)
Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches.
Definition 2025
hemimetabolic
hemimetabolic
English
Adjective
hemimetabolic (not comparable)
- (zoology) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in lacking wings.
- Grasshoppers and cockroaches are hemimetabolic.