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Metamorphosis

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Noun

1. metabolism, metamorphosis

the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals

2. metamorphosis, transfiguration

a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances

Example Sentences:
'the metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting'

3. metamorphosis

a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Metamorphosis

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noun plural -ses (-ˌsiːz)
1. 
a complete change of physical form or substance
2. 
a complete change of character, appearance, etc
3. 
a person or thing that has undergone metamorphosis
4. zoology
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

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Metamorphosis

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nounWord forms: plural ˌmetaˈmorphoˌses (ˌmɛtəˈmɔrfəˌsiz ; metˌəmôrˈfəsēzˌ; ˌmɛtəmɔrfoʊˌsiz ; metˌəmôrfōsēzˌ)
1. 
a. 
change of form, shape, structure, or substance; transformation, as, in myths, by magic or sorcery
b. 
the form resulting from such change
2. 
a marked or complete change of character, appearance, condition, etc.
3.  Biology
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
4.  Medicine
a pathological change of form of some tissues

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Metamorphosis

see synonyms of metamorphosis
n. pl. met·a·mor·pho·ses (-sēz′)
1. A transformation, as by magic or sorcery.
2. A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
3. Biology Change in the form and often habits of an animal during normal development after the embryonic stage. Metamorphosis includes, in insects, the transformation of a maggot into an adult fly and a caterpillar into a butterfly and, in amphibians, the changing of a tadpole into a frog.
4. A usually degenerative change in the structure of a particular body tissue.

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