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Syllable division and stress derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
heterometabolous is an adjective meaning "(of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage". It carries one recorded sense.
(of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for heterometabolous come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.