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metamorphosis

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
metamorphosis /ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəsɪs, ˌmɛtəmɔːˈfəʊsɪs/

▶noun (pl. metamorphoses /-siːz/)

1 Zoology (in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.

2 a complete change in form or nature.

– origin ME: via L. from Gk metamorphōsis, from metamorphoun ‘change shape’.

'metamorphosis' also found in these Oxford entries:

histolysis - larva - meta- - metamorphic - metamorphose - morph - nymph - -osis

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