hemimetabola

Questions about hemimetabola

What does hemimetabola mean?

hemimetabola means "subclass of insects characterized by gradual and usually incomplete metamorphosis".

How many syllables are in hemimetabola?

hemimetabola has 6 syllables and divides as he-mi-me-ta-bo-la under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hemimetabola?

Close synonyms include Exopterygota, subclass Exopterygota. 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 hemimetabola a common word?

hemimetabola 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.