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Adjective: metamorphic  `me-tu'mor-fik
  1. Of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks)
    "metamorphic stage"; "marble is a metamorphic rock that takes a high polish"
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  2. Characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance

See also: changed, epimorphic, hemimetabolic, hemimetabolous, hemimetamorphic, hemimetamorphous, heterometabolic, heterometabolous, holometabolic, holometabolous, metamorphosis, metamorphous

Antonym: nonmetamorphic

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