ə adjective Entomology.
undergoing development in which the young are born adultlike in form, often maturing without a pupal stage.
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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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Heterometabolous
has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
| 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. |
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