heterometabolous

Thân thiện

A grasshopper is a heterometabolous insect.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • (Entomology) Describing a type of insect development: Characterized by incomplete metamorphosis, where the immature stage (nymph) resembles the adult form in general body structure and habits but lacks wings and functional reproductive organs. This developmental process does not include a pupal stage.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Grasshoppers and true bugs are classic examples of heterometabolous insects.
  • The heterometabolous life cycle is simpler than that of butterflies, which undergo complete metamorphosis.

Advanced Usage

• Scientific Classification: The term is primarily used in formal biological and entomological contexts to classify and describe insect development.
  • The order Hemiptera is largely heterometabolous.

Variants and Related Words

• Hemimetabolous (adj): A synonym for heterometabolous, often used interchangeably in entomology.
  • Dragonflies exhibit a hemimetabolous development pattern.
• Hemimetaboly (n): The condition or process of undergoing incomplete metamorphosis.
  • The textbook chapter explained the key features of hemimetaboly.

Synonyms

• Hemimetabolous: Undergoing incomplete metamorphosis.
• Paurometabolous: Sometimes used synonymously, though it may imply more gradual changes between nymphal stages.

Antonyms

• Holometabolous: (of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis with a distinct larval, pupal, and adult stage.
  • Beetles and flies are holometabolous, unlike heterometabolous insects.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage

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