Definition of metamorphosis

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Metamorphosis (n.) Change of form, or structure; transformation..

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Pistillody :: Pistillody (n.) The metamorphosis of other organs into pistils.
Monogenesis :: Monogenesis (n.) The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; -- opposed to metagenesis..
Transformation :: Transformation (n.) Any change in an organism which alters its general character and mode of life, as in the development of the germ into the embryo, the egg into the animal, the larva into the insect (metamorphosis), etc.; also, the change which the histological units of a tissue are prone to undergo. See Metamorphosis..
Petalody :: Petalody (n.) The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals..
Metamorphosis :: Metamorphosis (n.) The change of material of one kind into another through the agency of the living organism; metabolism.
Palingenesy :: Palingenesy (n.) That form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple descent; -- distinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zoology, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc..
Metamorphosis :: Metamorphosis (n.) Change of form, or structure; transformation..
Phoronis :: Phoronis (n.) A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva (Actinotrocha) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis.
Sepalody :: Sepalody (n.) The metamorphosis of other floral organs into sepals or sepaloid bodies.
Metabolia :: Metabolia (n. pl.) A comprehensive group of insects, including those that undegro a metamorphosis..
Metabolian :: Metabolian (n.) An insect which undergoes a metamorphosis.
Ametabolian :: Ametabolian (a.) Of or pertaining to insects that do undergo any metamorphosis.
Hemimetabolic :: Hemimetabolic (a.) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches..
Holometabola :: Holometabola (n. pl.) Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola.
Ametabola :: Ametabola (n. pl.) A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis.
Pupa :: Pupa (n.) Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage..
Phyllome :: Phyllome (n.) A foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous with a leaf, or produced by metamorphosis of a leaf..
Transformation :: Transformation (n.) Change of one from of material into another, as in assimilation; metabolism; metamorphosis..
Ametabolous :: Ametabolous (a.) Not undergoing any metamorphosis; as, ametabolic insects..
Metamorphose :: Metamorphose (n.) Same as Metamorphosis.
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