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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hypermetamorphosis

· Hy·per·met·a·mor·pho·sis · IPA
01 n. A kind of metamorphosis, in certain insects, in which the larva itself undergoes remarkable changes of form and structure during its growth.
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    A kind of metamorphosis, in certain insects, in which the larva itself undergoes remarkable changes of form and structure during its growth.(Zool.)