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holometabolans

holometabolans is the plural of holometabolan.

Meaning of holometabolan

Noun

holometabolan (plural holometabolans)

  1. Any insect which undergoes a radical metamorphosis, with the larval and adult stages differing considerably in their structure and behaviour.

Questions about holometabolans

What is holometabolans the plural of?
Holometabolans is the plural of holometabolan.

Words near holometabolans in the dictionary

  1. hololimnic
  2. hololithe
  3. Holoman
  4. Holomans
  5. holometabolan
  6. holometabolans
  7. holometabolic
  8. holometabolism
  9. holometabolous
  10. holometaboly
  11. holometamorphic

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