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metamorphic

DEFINITIONS OF: metamorphic

1

adj of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks)

“metamorphic stage”
“marble is a metamorphic rock that takes a high polish”
Synonyms:
metamorphous

adj characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance

Synonyms
epimorphic
characterized by incomplete metamorphosis; having the same number of body segments in successive stages
hemimetabolic, hemimetabolous, hemimetamorphic, hemimetamorphous
(of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult
heterometabolic, heterometabolous
(of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage
holometabolic, holometabolous
(of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis
metamorphous
produced by metamorphosis
changed
changed in constitution or structure or composition by metamorphism
Antonyms:
nonmetamorphic
not metamorphic
ametabolic
undergoing no (or only slight) metamorphosis
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