ALL meanings of metamorphosis
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M m - noun metamorphosis (in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages. 1
- noun plural metamorphosis Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. Compare complete metamorphosis. 1
- noun plural metamorphosis a complete change of form, structure, or substance, as transformation by magic or witchcraft. 1
- noun plural metamorphosis any complete change in appearance, character, circumstances, etc. 1
- noun plural metamorphosis a form resulting from any such change. 1
- noun plural metamorphosis Pathology. a type of alteration or degeneration in which tissues are changed: fatty metamorphosis of the liver. the resultant form. 1
- noun plural metamorphosis Botany. the structural or functional modification of a plant organ or structure during its development. 1
- noun metamorphosis a short story (1915) by Franz Kafka. 1
- noun metamorphosis transformation 1
- noun metamorphosis caterpillar: chrysalis change 1
- variable noun metamorphosis When a metamorphosis occurs, a person or thing develops and changes into something completely different. 0
- noun metamorphosis a complete change of physical form or substance 0
- noun metamorphosis a complete change of character, appearance, etc 0
- noun metamorphosis a person or thing that has undergone metamorphosis 0
- noun metamorphosis the rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in certain animals, for example the stage between tadpole and frog or between chrysalis and butterfly 0
- noun metamorphosis change of form, shape, structure, or substance; transformation, as, in myths, by magic or sorcery 0
- noun metamorphosis the form resulting from such change 0
- noun metamorphosis a marked or complete change of character, appearance, condition, etc. 0
- noun metamorphosis a change in form, structure, or function as a result of development; specif., the physical transformation, more or less sudden, undergone by various animals during development after the embryonic state, as of the larva of an insect to the pupa and the pupa to the adult, or of the tadpole to the frog 0
- noun metamorphosis a pathological change of form of some tissues 0