hemimetabolous

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1. hemimetabolous - Adjective

2. hemimetabolous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

(of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult

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In an incomplete metamorphosis (hemimetabolous) an insect does not go through a full transformation, but instead transitions from a nymph to an adult by molting its exoskeleton as it grows. Source: Internet

These are the insect appendages, usually the legs of hemimetabolous insects such as the cricket, Nakamura, T., et al. Source: Internet

These insects either have hemimetabolous development, and undergo an incomplete or partial metamorphosis, or holometabolous development, which undergo a complete metamorphosis, including a pupal or resting stage between the larval and adult forms. Source: Internet

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