metabolous

1. 1.

   undergoing metamorphosis

   Synonymsmetabolic

   zoology

Questions about metabolous

What does metabolous mean?

metabolous means "undergoing metamorphosis".

How many syllables are in metabolous?

metabolous has 4 syllables: me-ta-bo-lous. The stress falls on "ta".

What is another word for metabolous?

Close synonyms include metabolic. 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 metabolous a common word?

metabolous 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.