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Definition of metamorphosis
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of metamorphosis is as below...
Metamorphosis
(n.) A
change
in the form or
function
of a
living
organism,
by a
natural
process
of
growth
or
development;
as, the
metamorphosis
of the yolk into the
embryo,
of a
tadpole
into a frog, or of a bud into a
blossom.
Especially,
that form of
sexual
reproduction
in which an
embryo
undergoes
a
series
of
marked
changes
of
external
form, as the
chrysalis
stage,
pupa
stage,
etc., in
insects.
In these
intermediate
stages
sexual
reproduction
is
usually
impossible,
but they
ultimately
pass into
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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.
Monogenesis
::
Monogenesis
(n.) The
direct
development
of an
embryo,
without
metamorphosis,
into an
organism
similar
to the
parent
organism;
--
opposed
to
metagenesis..
Ametabola
::
Ametabola
(n. pl.) A group of
insects
which do not
undergo
any
metamorphosis.
Metamorphosis
::
Metamorphosis
(n.) The
change
of
material
of one kind into
another
through
the
agency
of the
living
organism;
metabolism.
Hemimetabolic
::
Hemimetabolic
(a.)
Having
an
incomplete
metamorphosis,
the
larvae
differing
from the
adults
chiefly
in
laking
wings,
as in the
grasshoppers
and
cockroaches..
Phyllody
::
Phyllody
(n.) A
retrograde
metamorphosis
of the
floral
organs
to the
condition
of
leaves.
Diptera
::
Diptera
(n. pl.) An
extensive
order of
insects
having
only two
functional
wings and two
balancers,
as the house fly,
mosquito,
etc. They have a
suctorial
proboscis,
often
including
two pairs of sharp
organs
(mandibles
and
maxillae)
with which they
pierce
the skin of
animals.
They
undergo
a
complete
metamorphosis,
their
larvae
(called
maggots)
being
usually
without
feet..
Pupa
::
Pupa (n.) Any
insect
in that stage of its
metamorphosis
which
usually
immediately
precedes
the
adult,
or
imago,
stage..
Holometabola
::
Holometabola
(n. pl.) Those
insects
which have a
complete
metamorphosis;
metabola.
Transformation
::
Transformation
(n.)
Change
of one from of
material
into
another,
as in
assimilation;
metabolism;
metamorphosis..
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..
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..
Hemimetabola
::
Hemimetabola
(n. pl.) Those
insects
which have an
incomplete
metamorphosis.
Phyllome
::
Phyllome
(n.) A
foliar
part of a
plant;
any organ
homologous
with a leaf, or
produced
by
metamorphosis
of a
leaf..
Larva
::
Larva (n.) The
early,
immature
form of any
animal
when more or less of a
metamorphosis
takes
place,
before
the
assumption
of the
mature
shape..
Metamorphosis
::
Metamorphosis
(n.)
Change
of form, or
structure;
transformation..
Ametabolian
::
Ametabolian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
insects
that do
undergo
any
metamorphosis.
Ametabolous
::
Ametabolous
(a.) Not
undergoing
any
metamorphosis;
as,
ametabolic
insects..
Metabolic
::
Metabolic
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
metamorphosis;
pertaining
to, or
involving,
change..
Hypermetamorphosis
::
Hypermetamorphosis
(n.) A kind of
metamorphosis,
in
certain
insects,
in which the larva
itself
undergoes
remarkable
changes
of form and
structure
during
its
growth..
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