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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks);
- Example: "metamorphic stage"
- Example: "marble is a metamorphic rock that takes a high polish"
[syn: metamorphic, metamorphous]

2. produced by metamorphosis;
- Example: "most insects are metamorphic as witness the stages as a butterfly develops from a caterpillar"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

metamorphous
    adj 1: of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks);
           "metamorphic stage"; "marble is a metamorphic rock that
           takes a high polish" [syn: metamorphic, metamorphous]
    2: produced by metamorphosis; "most insects are metamorphic as
       witness the stages as a butterfly develops from a
       caterpillar"