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Definition: HOLOMETABOLA

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Insects that undergo complete metamorphosis.[Wordnet].

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Date "Holometabola" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Holometabola \Hol`o*me*tab"o*la\, plural noun. [New Latin expression. See Holo-, and Metabola.]. (references)

Definition: HOLOMETABOLA

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. Insects that undergo complete metamorphosis.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "HOLOMETABOLA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Holometabola \Hol`o*me*tab"o*la\, plural noun. [New Latin expression. See Holo-, and Metabola.]. (references)