hemimetabolic

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adjective

hemimetabolous

“Grasshoppers and cockroaches are hemimetabolic.”

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hemimetaboloushemimetamorphoushemimetamorphicmetamorphic
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Meanings

adjectivehemimetabolic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyhemimetabolous

    Grasshoppers and cockroaches are hemimetabolic.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult

Similar
hemimetaboloushemimetamorphoushemimetamorphicmetamorphic
Also see
hemimetabolousmetamorphic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From hemi- + metabolic.

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Cite this entry
APA

hemimetabolic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemimetabolic

MLA

“hemimetabolic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemimetabolic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hemimetabolic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemimetabolic.

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