Relating to insects that undergo apometabolism; having little or no metamorphic change during development.
From 'apometabolism' + '-ous' suffix. The adjectival form describing the quality or characteristic of minimal metamorphic change in insects.
Apometabolous insects skip the whole magic of metamorphosis—they're basically tiny adults from the start, which is actually more energy-efficient than complete transformation!
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