Synonyms: metamorphic
Definition: characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance
Similar words: epimorphic
Definition: characterized by incomplete metamorphosis; having the same number of body segments in successive stages
Similar words: hemimetabolic, hemimetabolous, hemimetamorphic, hemimetamorphous
Definition: (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult
Similar words: heterometabolic, heterometabolous
Definition: (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage
Similar words: holometabolic, holometabolous
Definition: (of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis
Similar words: metamorphous
Definition: produced by metamorphosis
Usage: most insects are metamorphic as witness the stages as a butterfly develops from a caterpillar
Similar words: changed
Definition: changed in constitution or structure or composition by metamorphism
Usage: metamorphic rocks