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nounthe marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
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"the metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting"nouna striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
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nouna complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcrafttype of:
Definition that contains metamorphosis
- bug insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
- nymph a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
- metabolic undergoing metamorphosis
- amphibian cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form
- metamorphic of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks)
- metamorphic characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance
- imago an adult insect produced after metamorphosis
- metabola insects that undergo complete metamorphosis
- hemipteran insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
- heterometabolic (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage