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—hemimetabolism, hemimetaboly, n./hem'ee mi tab"euh leuhs/, adj. Entomol.undergoing incomplete metamorphosis.Also, hemimetabolic /hem'ee met'euh bol"ik/.[1865-70; HEMI- + METABOLOUS]
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hemimetabolous — [hem΄ēmet΄ə bäl′ikhem΄ēmə tab′ə ləs] adj. designating or of a group of insect orders in which the juvenile stages are aquatic without a pupal stage, and in which the young differ considerably from the adults: also hemimetabolic [hem΄ēmet΄ə… … English World dictionary
hemimetabolous — adjective Etymology: ultimately from Greek hemi + metabolos changeable, from metabolē change more at metabolism Date: 1870 characterized by incomplete metamorphosis < hemimetabolous insects > compare holometabolous … New Collegiate Dictionary
hemimetabolous — Pertaining to a member of the series of insect orders, the Hemimetabola, in which simple or incomplete metamorphosis is found. [hemi + G. metabole, change] * * * hemi·me·tab·o·lous mə tab ə ləs adj characterized by incomplete metamorphosis… … Medical dictionary
hemimetabolous development — hemimetabolous development. См. развитие с неполным превращением. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
hemimetabolous — Of an insect, a species without any marked change in body plan from larval to adult, apart from the development of wings. Examples: grasshoppers and crickets. (cf. holometabolous.) … Dictionary of molecular biology
hemimetabolous — hemi·metabolous … English syllables
hemimetabolous — adjective (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult • Syn: ↑hemimetabolic, ↑hemimetamorphous, ↑hemimetamorphic • Similar to: ↑metamorphic • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
hemimetabolous metamorphosis — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Simple or gradual metamorphosis in which the nymphs are generally similar in body form to the adults, but resemble the adults more with each instar … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
развитие с неполным превращением — hemimetabolous development развитие с неполным превращением. Развитие путем последовательных линек без прохождения морфологически резко дифференцированных стадий, свойственное более примитивным отрядам насекомых (стрекозы, равнокрылые и др.), при … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
hemimetabolic — adjective (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult • Syn: ↑hemimetabolous, ↑hemimetamorphous, ↑hemimetamorphic • Similar to: ↑metamorphic • Derivationally related forms:… … Useful english dictionary
