Definition that contains morphosis
- 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
- hemimetamorphous (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult
- epimorphic characterized by incomplete metamorphosis; having the same number of body segments in successive stages
- holometabolic (of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis