n. [From New Latin Hēmimetabola, former taxonomic group comprising the insects that undergo incomplete metamorphosis : Greek hēmi-, hemi- + metabolos, changeable (from metaballein, to change; see METABOLISM).] hem′i·met′a·bolic (-mĕt′əbôlĭk), hem′i·me·tabo·lous (-ə-ləs) adj. |
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