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paurometabolous

Syllables: pau·ro·me·tab·o·lousUK/ˌpɔː.ɹəʊ.mɪˈtæb.ə.ləs/US/ˌpɔ.ɹoʊ.mɪˈtæb.ə.ləs/

paurometabolous adjective: of or belonging to the Paurometabola.

Adjective

paurometabolous

  1. Of or belonging to the Paurometabola.
  2. Characterizing a group of insects whose metamorphosis from immaturity to maturity is gradual and without sudden radical physical change; characterized by hemimetabolism.

Origin of paurometabolous

From Ancient Greek παῦρος (paûros, “small, little”) + metabolous (“undergoing metamorphosis”), modeled after ametabolous, hemimetabolous. See Translingual Paurometabola (from New Latin).

Words formed from paurometabolous

Questions about paurometabolous

What does paurometabolous mean?
Paurometabolous means of or belonging to the Paurometabola.
What part of speech is paurometabolous?
Paurometabolous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce paurometabolous?
Paurometabolous is pronounced /ˌpɔː.ɹəʊ.mɪˈtæb.ə.ləs/ (UK).

Words near paurometabolous in the dictionary

  1. Pauri Garhwal
  2. paurodontid
  3. paurodontids
  4. paurometabolic
  5. paurometabolism
  6. paurometabolous
  7. paurometaboly
  8. pauropod
  9. pauropodid
  10. pauropodids
  11. pauropods

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