| hemimetabolous | (adj) (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult, Syn. hemimetabolic, hemimetamorphous, hemimetamorphic |
| exopterygota | (n) subclass of insects characterized by gradual and usually incomplete metamorphosis, Syn. subclass Exopterygota, Hemimetabola |
| hemimetamorphosis | (n) incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects, Syn. hemimetabolism, hemimetaboly |
| Hemimetabola | ‖n. pl. [ NL. See Hemi-, and Metabola. ] (Zool.) Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Hemimetabolic | a. (Zool.) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 不完全変態 | [ふかんぜんへんたい, fukanzenhentai] (n) (See 完全変態) incomplete metamorphosis; hemimetabolism [Add to Longdo] |