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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis;
[syn: holometabolic, holometabolous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Holometabolic \Hol`o*met`a*bol"ic\, a. (Zool.)
   Having a complete metamorphosis; -- said of certain insects,
   as the butterflies and bees.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

holometabolic
    adj 1: (of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis [syn:
           holometabolic, holometabolous]