- exopterygote
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/ek'soh ter"i goht'/, adj.1. belonging or pertaining to the class Exopterygota, comprising the insects that undergo incomplete metamorphosis.n.2. an exopterygote insect.[ < NL Exopterygota, equiv. to exo- EXO- + Gk pterygotá, neut. pl. of PTERYGOTÓS winged]
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Universalium. 2010.