单词 | ametabolian |
释义 | † ametaboliann.adj. 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). < |
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