hetero metabolism

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adjective Entomology.

undergoing development in which the young are born adultlike in form, often maturing without a pupal stage.

Also, het·er·o·met·a·bol·ic

[het-uh-roh-met-uh-bol-ik] .

Origin:
hetero- + metabol(ic) + -ous

Related forms

het·er·o·me·tab·o·lism, het·er·o·me·tab·o·ly, noun

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heterometabolous
adjective
(of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage

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Hetero metabolism is always a great word to know.

So is doohickey. Does it mean:

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

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