| hemimetabolous | (adj) (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult, Syn. hemimetabolic, hemimetamorphous, hemimetamorphic |
| heterometabolous | (adj) (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage, Syn. heterometabolic |
| ametabolic | (adj) undergoing slight or no metamorphosis, Syn. ametabolous, Ant. metabolic |
| holometabolic | (adj) (of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis, Syn. holometabolous |
| metabolic | (adj) undergoing metamorphosis, Syn. metabolous, Ant. ametabolic |
| Ametabolous | |