1. (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage; [syn: heterometabolous, heterometabolic]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
heterometabolic
adj 1: (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in
which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there
is no pupal stage [syn: heterometabolous,
heterometabolic]