ametabolous

• Terme technique en entomologie décrivant des insectes qui subissent une métamorphose mineure ou nulle au cours de leur développement.

A technical term in entomology describing insects that undergo little or no metamorphosis during development.

1. Undergoing slight or no metamorphosisC2formalscientific

   Describing insects that do not undergo metamorphosis; they hatch from eggs into forms that resemble the adult, with only gradual changes in size and maturity.

   amétabole

   • Silverfish are ametabolous insects, meaning they do not undergo a dramatic transformation.
   • Ametabolous development is considered the most primitive form of insect growth.
   • Unlike butterflies, ametabolous species hatch looking like tiny adults.

   Synonymesametabolicnonmetamorphic

   Antonymesholometabolous