hemimetaboly

What does hemimetaboly mean?

hemimetaboly means "incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects".

How many syllables are in hemimetaboly?

hemimetaboly has 6 syllables: he-mi-me-ta-bo-ly. The stress falls on "ta".

What is another word for hemimetaboly?

Close synonyms include hemimetamorphosis, hemimetabolism. 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 hemimetaboly a common word?

hemimetaboly 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for hemimetaboly come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.