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1. (n.) metamorphosis
a profound change in form from stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the pupa to the adult butterfly.
2. metamorphosis
a complete change of form, structure, or substance, as transformation by magic.
3. metamorphosis
any complete change in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.
4. metamorphosis
a type of alteration or degeneration in which tissues are changed.
5. metamorphosis
the resultant form.
Etymology: (1525–35; < NL < Gk metamórphōsis transformation. See meta -, -morph , -osis)
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| Definition of 'Metamorphosis' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) metamorphosis, metabolism
the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
2. (noun) transfiguration, metamorphosis
a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
"the metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting"
3. (noun) metamorphosis
a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Metamorphosis
change of form, or structure; transformation
2. (noun) Metamorphosis
a change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into final and sexually developed forms, from the union of which organisms are produced which pass through the same cycle of changes. See Transformation
3. (noun) Metamorphosis
the change of material of one kind into another through the agency of the living organism; metabolism
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| Definitions of 'Metamorphosis' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Metamorphosis
is a classical name for the changing of a human being into a beast, an inanimate object, or an element, stories of which are common in all folk-lore.
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Sense: (a) marked change of form, appearance, character etc
a caterpillar's metamorphosis into a butterfly.
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 Afrikaans: metamorfose |
 Arabic: تَحَوُّل، مَسْخ |
 Bulgarian: метаморфоза |
 Brazilian: metamorfose |
 Czech: proměna |
 German: die Metamorphose |
 Danish: forvandling |
 Greek: μεταμόρφωση |
 Spanish: metamorfosis |
 Estonian: moondumine |
 Farsi: دگرگونی |
 Finnish: metamorfoosi |
 French: métamorphose |
 Hebrew: גִלגוּל, מֶטָמוֹרפוֹזָה |
 Hindi: आकार बदलना |
 Croatian: metamorfoza, preobrazba) |
 Hungarian: metamorfózis |
 Indonesian: metamorfosis |
 Icelandic: umbreyting; hamskipti |
 Italian: metamorfosi |
 Japanese: 変態 |
 Korean: 변태 |
 Lithuanian: metamorfozė |
 Latvian: metamorfoze |
 Malay: perubahan |
 Dutch: gedaanteverwisseling |
 Norwegian: forvandling, metamorfose |
 Polish: metamorfoza |
 Persian: دگرگونی |
 Pashto: بدلون،تغير |
 Portuguese: metamorfose |
 Romanian: metamorfoză |
 Russian: метаморфоза |
 Slovak: premena |
 Slovenian: preobrazba |
 Serbian: metamorfoza |
 Swedish: metamorfos, förvandling |
 Thai: การเปลี่ยนแปลงรูปร่างหรือ |
 Turkish: metamorfoz, başkalaşım |
 Taiwanese: 蛻變 |
 Ukrainian: метаморфоза, перетворення |
 Urdu: قلب ماہیت |
 Vietnamese: sự biến hình |
 Chinese: 变态，变形 |
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