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Definitions of metamorphosis in various dictionaries:
noun - the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
noun - a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
noun - a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
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In most toads this process of gradually developing from a tadpole into a fully formed toad takes 3-8 weeks |
Like caterpillars, tadpoles undergo a process called this to become adult frogs |
The process in which a caterpillar turns into a butterfly is called this |
Name for the process a caterpillar goes through to become a moth |
Transformation, for Kafka (13) |
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us some photos in the science lab.) After a butterfly goes through four life stages, from egg to larva to pupa, & finally, to adult, it's said to have undergone complete this, Greek for "transformation" |
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(in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages. |
a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft |
the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals |
a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances |
A transformation, as by magic or sorcery. |
A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function. |
Biology A change in the form and often habits of an animal during normal development after the embryonic stage. Metamorphosis includes, in insects, the transformation of a maggot into an adult fly and a caterpillar into a butterfly and, in amphibians, the changing of a tadpole into a frog. |
Pathology A usually degenerative change in the structure of a particular body tissue. |
a complete change: |
the process by which the young form of insects and some animals, such as frogs, develops into the adult form |
Metamorphosis description |
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Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation. Metamorphosis is iodothyronine-induced and an ancestral feature of all chordates. Some insects, fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, cnidarians, echinoderms, and tunicates undergo metamorphosis, which is often accompanied by a change of nutrition source or behavior. Animals that go through metamorphosis are called metamorphoses. Animals can be divided into species that undergo complete metamorphosis ("holometaboly"), incomplete metamorphosis ("hemimetaboly"), or no metamorphosis ("ametaboly"). * Scientific usage of the term is technically precise, and it is not applied to general aspects of cell growth, including rapid growth spurts. References to "metamorphosis" in mammals are imprecise and only colloquial, but historically idealist ideas of transformation a |
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