Word Meanings - HOLOMETABOLA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola.

Related words: (words related to HOLOMETABOLA)

• THOSE
  The plural of that. See That.
• COMPLETE
  Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil. Syn. -- See Whole. (more info) 1. Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficienty; entire; perfect; consummate.
• METABOLA; METABOLE
  A change or mutation; a change of disease, symptoms, or treatment.
• 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.
• COMPLETENESS
  The state of being complete.
• 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.
• METABOLA; METABOLIA
  A comprehensive group of insects, including those that undegro a metamorphosis.
• COMPLETELY
  In a complete manner; fully.
• COMPLETEMENT
  Act of completing or perfecting; completion. Dryden.
• 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
• HOLOMETABOLA
  Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola.
• SPATHOSE
  See SPATHIC
• AMETABOLA
  A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis.
• 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)
• 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.
• HEMIMETABOLA
  Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis.
• INCOMPLETELY
  In an incomplete manner.
• INCOMPLETENESS
  The state of being incomplete; imperfectness; defectiveness. Boyle.
• FELDSPATHIC; FELDSPATHOSE
  Pertaining to, or consisting of, feldspar.
• UNCOMPLETE
  Incomplete. Pope.