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heterometabolic

adjective

(of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage

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15
Starts with
H
Ends with
C
Contains
ET
Scrabble score
24

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adjective

  1. (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage

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