ametabolous

1. 1.

   undergoing slight or no metamorphosis

   Synonymsametabolic

   zoology

Questions about ametabolous

What does ametabolous mean?

ametabolous means "undergoing slight or no metamorphosis".

How many syllables are in ametabolous?

ametabolous has 5 syllables: a-me-ta-bo-lous. The stress falls on "ta".

What is another word for ametabolous?

Close synonyms include ametabolic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ametabolous a common word?

ametabolous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.