metamorphosis
91Metamorphosis of Plants — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the great German poet and philosopher published in 1790 the seminal essay Versuch die Metamorphose der Pflanzen zu erklären, known in English as Metamorphosis of Plants. In this work, Goethe essentially discovered the… …
92Metamorphosis League for Monastic Studies — (est. 1987) The Metamorphosis League for Monastic Studies was founded by Kailasa Chandra Das (born Mark Goodwin) in 1987, in response to disputes within the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CON SCIOUSNESS (ISKCON) between the leadership and… …
93metamorphosis — a major structural change taking place during development from larvae to adult, e.g. Anguilliformes, Molidae …
94metamorphosis — n.; pl. ses [Gr. meta, change of; morphe, form] A marked change in form or structure an animal undergoes from one growth stage to another; also applies to the actual process of changing from larval to adult form; see anamorphosis, epimorphosis,… …
95metamorphosis — Change of body form, for example in the development of the adult frog from the tadpole or the butterfly from the caterpillar …
96metamorphosis — noun a) A transformation, such as that of magic or by sorcery b) A noticeable change in character, appearance, function or condition. See Also: metamorphic, metamorphose, metamorphosize, metamorphism …
97metamorphosis — 1. A change in form, structure, or function. 2. Transition from one developmental stage to another. SYN: allaxis, transformation (1). [G. metamorphasos, transformation fr. meta, beyond, over, + morphe, form] complete m. insect …
98metamorphosis — Period of abrupt transformation from one distinctive stage in the life history to another, especially from larva to adult [Butler, T.H.] …
99metamorphosis — (греч.) превращение …
100metamorphosis — A change in the form of a living thing as it matures, especially the drastic transformation from a larva to an adult [23]. See also pupa …
