hemimetabolic

English

Etymology

hemi- +‎ metabolic

Adjective

hemimetabolic (not comparable)

(zoology) hemimetabolous
Grasshoppers and cockroaches are hemimetabolic.

Derived terms

hemimetabolism

References

“hemimetabolic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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