Meaning Of The Word Hemimetabolous

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What's The Definition Of Hemimetabolous?

hemimetabolous in American English
designating or of a group of insect orders in which the juvenile stages are aquatic without a pupal stage, and in which the young differ considerably from the adults
adjective: undergoing incomplete metamorphosis

hemimetabolous in British English
adjective: (of insects) relating to incomplete metamorphosis

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