English Explanatory Dictionary

holometabolan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any insect which undergoes a radical metamorphosis, with the larval and adult stages differing considerably in their structure and behaviour.

Word forms

holometabolan holometabolans

Etymology

Holometabola ("Endopterygota") + -an

Related words

holometabolism
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