Word Meanings - HEMIMETABOLA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis.

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• THOSE
  The plural of that. See That.
• INCOMPLETE
  Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower. Incomplete equation , an equation some of whose terms are wanting; or one in which the coefficient of some one or more of the powers of the unknown quantity is equal to 0. (more info)
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• INCOMPLETELY
  In an incomplete manner.
• INCOMPLETENESS
  The state of being incomplete; imperfectness; defectiveness. Boyle.
• METAMORPHOSIS
  A change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual
• SPATHOSE
  See SPATHIC
• XANTHOSE
  An orange-yellow substance found in pigment spots of certain crabs.
• HYPERMETAMORPHOSIS
  A kind of metamorphosis, in certain insects, in which the larva itself undergoes remarkable changes of form and structure during its growth.
• FELDSPATHIC; FELDSPATHOSE
  Pertaining to, or consisting of, feldspar.
• PYOXANTHOSE
  A greenish yellow crystalline coloring matter found with pyocyanin in pus.
• BOOTHOSE
  1. Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots. Shak. 2. Hose made to be worn with boots, as by travelers on horseback. Sir W. Scott.