Dictionary Home »
Dictionary Definitions » hemimetabolic
hemimetabolic
Variant of hemimetabolous
adjective
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
Related Forms:
- hemimetabolism noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.