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metabolian

metabolian noun: an insect which undergoes a metamorphosis.

Noun

metabolian (plural metabolians)

  1. (dated) An insect which undergoes a metamorphosis.

Forms of metabolian

pluralmetabolians

Origin of metabolian

From metabola + -ian.

Questions about metabolian

What does metabolian mean?
Metabolian means an insect which undergoes a metamorphosis.
What part of speech is metabolian?
Metabolian is a noun.
What is the plural of metabolian?
The plural of metabolian is metabolians.

Words near metabolian in the dictionary

  1. metabokine
  2. metabokines
  3. metabola
  4. metabole
  5. metaboles
  6. metabolian
  7. metabolians
  8. metabolic
  9. metabolic pathway
  10. metabolic pathways
  11. metabolic rate

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