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Definition of: paurometabolous
(pô′rō·mə·tab′ə·ləs) adjective Entomol.
Having a gradual or incomplete metamorphosis, as in the grasshopper and certain other insects. Also pau′ro·met′a·bol′ic (-met′ə·bol′ik). [<Gk. pauros small + metabolos changing]
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