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Holometabolic

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Hol`o`met`a`bol´ic

a.

1.

(Zool.) Having a complete metamorphosis; - said of certain insects, as the butterflies and bees.

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holometabolic - (of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis

metamorphic - characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance

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