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paurometabolous definition

pauro·me·tabo·lous (pô′rō mə tab′ə ləs)

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 pau′ro·met′a·bol′ic (-met′ə bäl′ik)

noun

Etymology: < Gr pauros, small (< IE base *pōu-: see few) + metabolos, changeable < metabolē, change: see metabolism

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