Holometabola

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Holometabola \Hol`o*me*tab"o*la\, n. pl. [NL. See {Holo-}, and
     {Metabola}.] (Zool.)
     Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  holometabola
       n : insects that undergo complete metamorphosis [syn: {metabola}]