† ametaboliann.adj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Ametabolia , -an suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Ametabolia, plural noun ( W. E. Leach Zool. Misc. (1817) III. 57; < neuter plural of Hellenistic Greek ἀμετάβολος (see Ametabola n.) + scientific Latin -ia -ia suffix¹) + -an suffix. Compare metabolian n.

Zoology. Obsolete.

A. n.

An insect that does not undergo metamorphosis (metamorphosis n. 3a). rare.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > group Ametabola > [noun] > member of

ametabolian1835

1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xiv. 18 Dr. Leach divides Insects into Ametabolians and Metabolians.

B. adj.

Of an organism: that does not undergo metamorphosis (metamorphosis n. 3a). Also: not involving or characterized by metamorphosis.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > group Ametabola > [adjective]

ametabolous1828

ametabolian1840

ametabolic1844

homomorphous1854

homomorphic1874

1840 Descr. Catal. Physiol. Ser. Compar. Anat. Mus. Royal Coll. Surgeons V. 83 In Ametabolian Reptiles, in which the young do not undergo a Metamorphosis.

1849 Med. Times 20 83/1 (heading) Ova, cocoons, and ametabolian development of the leech and earth-worm.

1894 J. Nisbet Stud. Forestry xiv. 308 The former are called metabolian (insecta metabola), and the latter ametabolian (insecta ametabola), whose pseudo-chrysalides are known as nymphae.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020).

单词	ametabolian
释义	† ametaboliann.adj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Ametabolia , -an suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin Ametabolia, plural noun ( W. E. Leach Zool. Misc. (1817) III. 57; < neuter plural of Hellenistic Greek ἀμετάβολος (see Ametabola n.) + scientific Latin -ia -ia suffix¹) + -an suffix. Compare metabolian n. Zoology. Obsolete. A. n. An insect that does not undergo metamorphosis (metamorphosis n. 3a). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > group Ametabola > [noun] > member of ametabolian1835 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xiv. 18 Dr. Leach divides Insects into Ametabolians and Metabolians. B. adj. Of an organism: that does not undergo metamorphosis (metamorphosis n. 3a). Also: not involving or characterized by metamorphosis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > group Ametabola > [adjective] ametabolous1828 ametabolian1840 ametabolic1844 homomorphous1854 homomorphic1874 1840 Descr. Catal. Physiol. Ser. Compar. Anat. Mus. Royal Coll. Surgeons V. 83 In Ametabolian Reptiles, in which the young do not undergo a Metamorphosis. 1849 Med. Times 20 83/1 (heading) Ova, cocoons, and ametabolian development of the leech and earth-worm. 1894 J. Nisbet Stud. Forestry xiv. 308 The former are called metabolian (insecta metabola), and the latter ametabolian (insecta ametabola), whose pseudo-chrysalides are known as nymphae. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020). < n.adj.1835
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