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metaboly

metaboly noun: the change in shape undergone by euglenids as they move or evolve.

Noun

metaboly (uncountable)

  1. The change in shape undergone by euglenids as they move or evolve

Origin of metaboly

From Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”).

Questions about metaboly

What does metaboly mean?
Metaboly means the change in shape undergone by euglenids as they move or evolve.
What part of speech is metaboly?
Metaboly is a noun.

Words near metaboly in the dictionary

  1. metabolostat
  2. metabolotype
  3. metabolotypes
  4. metabolotyping
  5. metabolous
  6. metaboly
  7. metabonome
  8. metabonomes
  9. metabonomic
  10. metabonomical
  11. metabonomically

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