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Word: Metamorphosis
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek metamorphōsis, from metamorphoun ‘transform, change shape’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəsɪs
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌmɛtəmɔːˈfəʊsɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages
Short Definition:(in insect or amphibian) process of transformation from immature form to adult form in two
Examples:- the persistence of the larval tail during metamorphosis
- in insects with a complete metamorphosis the wings arise from thickenings of the epidermis
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