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adjective Entomology.

undergoing incomplete metamorphosis.

Also, hem·i·met·a·bol·ic

[hem-ee-met-uh-bol-ik] .

Origin:
1865–70; hemi- + metabolous

Related forms

hem·i·me·tab·o·lism, hem·i·me·tab·o·ly, noun

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

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Hemi-metabolic is always a great word to know.

So is interrobang. Does it mean:

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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"Women endure all sorts of devitalizing conditions better than men: starvation, exposure, fatigue, shock, illness, and the like. This immediately raises the question of the supposed "weakness" of the female. Is not the female supposed to be "the weaker vessel"? "Weakness" is a misleading word that has, in this connection, confused most people. "Feminine weakness" has generally meant that the female is more fragile and in general less strong than the male. But the fact is that the female is constitutionally stronger than the male and muscularly less powerful; she has greater stamina and lives longer. The male pays heavily for his larger body build and muscular power. Because his expenditure of energy is greater than that of the female, he burns himself out more rapidly and hence dies at an earlier age. The metabolic rate of the male ... is some 6 to 7 per cent higher than that of the female."

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