Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hemimetabola"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hemimetabola \Hem`i*me*tab"o*la\, n. pl. [NL. See {Hemi-}, and
{Metabola}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Hemimetabola
n : subclass of insects characterized by gradual and usually
incomplete metamorphosis [syn: {Exopterygota}, {subclass
Exopterygota}, {Hemimetabola}]
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