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noun
An extreme form of metamorphosis occurring in certain insects (especially beetles of the family Meloidae) in which the animal passes through two or more different larval stages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: hypermetamorphosis
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English metamorphism English hypermetamorphism From hyper- + metamorphism.
