Pertaining to a member of the Holometabola, a series of insect orders in which complex or complete metamorphosis is found. [holo- + G. metabole, change]
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ho·lo·me·tab·o·lous .hō-lō-mə-'tab-ə-ləs, .häl-ō- adj having complete metamorphosis <\holometabolous insects> compare HEMIMETABOLOUS
ho·lo·me·tab·o·lism -.liz-əm n
Medical dictionary. 2011.