heterometabolous

[het-uh-roh-mi-tab-uh-luhs]

het·er·o·me·tab·o·lous

[het-uh-roh-mi-tab-uh-luhs]
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] .



het·er·o·me·tab·o·lism, het·er·o·me·tab·o·ly, noun
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Heterometabolous has a plethora of syllables.
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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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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