'Hemimetabolic' definitions:
Definition of 'hemimetabolic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult [syn: hemimetabolous, hemimetabolic, hemimetamorphous, hemimetamorphic]
Definition of 'Hemimetabolic'
From: GCIDE
- Hemimetabolic \Hem`i*met`a*bol"ic\, a. (Zool.) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larv[ae] differing from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches. [1913 Webster]