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paurometabolic
Variant of paurometabolous
adjective
designating or of a group of insect orders, as orthopterans or hemipterans, in which metamorphosis to the adult state from the juvenile state is gradual and without any sudden, radical change of body form
also paurometabolic
noun
Related Forms:
- paurometabolism noun
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