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Adjective: hemimetabolous  ,he-mee-mi'ta-bu-lus
  1. (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult
    - hemimetabolic, hemimetamorphous, hemimetamorphic

See also: metamorphic

Encyclopedia: Hemimetabolous

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hemidemisemiquaver
hemidrachm
hemiepiphyte
Hemigalus
Hemigalus hardwickii
Hemigrammus
hemihedral
Hemimetabola
hemimetabolic
hemimetabolism
hemimetabolous
hemimetaboly
hemimetamorphic
hemimetamorphosis
hemimetamorphous
hemimorphic
hemimorphite
hemin
Heming
Hemingway
Hemingwayesque