metamorphosis
Meaning of metamorphosis
- (in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.
the persistence of the larval tail during metamorphosis
in insects with a complete metamorphosis the wings arise from thickenings of the epidermis
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek metamorphōsis, from metamorphoun ‘transform, change shape’.
Information about metamorphosis
- It is a name.
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Hyphenation of metamorphosis
meta-mor-pho-sis
- It consists of 4 syllables and 13 chars.
- metamorphosis is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
metamorphosis synonyms
Meaning metabolism:
Meaning transfiguration:
Translation of metamorphosis
- German: Verwandlung, Metamorphose
- French: métamorphose
- Spanish: metamorfosis
- Italian: metamorfosi
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