An alternative noun form describing the process or condition of incomplete metamorphosis in insects.
From 'hemimetabola' with the suffix '-y' (indicating a state or condition). This term appears primarily in older entomological literature and represents an earlier naming convention.
Hemimetaboly is a ghost word in modern science—you'll rarely hear it now because scientists settled on 'hemimetabola,' but it reminds us that scientific language was once messier and less standardized than it is today.
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