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Noun: subclass Exopterygota
  1. Subclass of insects characterized by gradual and usually incomplete metamorphosis
    - Exopterygota, Hemimetabola

Type of: class

Part of: class Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta

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subclass Dibranchia
subclass Dibranchiata
subclass Dilleniidae
subclass Dipnoi
subclass Discomycetes
subclass Elasmobranchii
subclass Entomostraca
subclass Euascomycetes
subclass Euryalida
subclass Eutheria
subclass Exopterygota
subclass Hamamelidae
subclass Heterobasidiomycetes
subclass Holocephali
subclass Homobasidiomycetes
subclass Infusoria
subclass Lepidosauria
subclass Liliidae
subclass Magnoliidae
subclass Malacostraca
subclass Metatheria