Definitions for hypermetamorphosis
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1. hypermetamorphosisnoun

   A kind of complete metamorphosis in which the different larval instars represent two or more different forms of larva.

2. hypermetamorphosisnoun

   An excessive visual exploration of environment

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1. Hypermetamorphosisnoun

   a kind of metamorphosis, in certain insects, in which the larva itself undergoes remarkable changes of form and structure during its growth

2. Etymology: [Hyper- + metamorphosis.]

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1. Hypermetamorphosis

   Hypermetamorphosis is a variant of holometabolism, that is to say, complete insect metamorphosis. In hypermetamorphosis some larval instars are distinct from each other. As a rule the first instar is a planidium or triungulin, or is otherwise specialised for active mobility and is equipped to seek out the prey or host on which subsequent instars are to feed. In typical examples the first-instar larval morphology is campodeiform and in this form it does not feed. On locating its host it undergoes ecdysis, changing its skin and adopting a scarabaeiform or vermiform morphology. As a rule the subsequent instars are of more a less constant form and not highly mobile, being specialised for feeding and growth until the final instar must metamorphose into the pupal form. Hypermetamorphosis usually occurs as an adaptation of the ontogeny of certain parasitoid insects, notably the beetle families Meloidae and Ripiphoridae, the fly family Acroceridae, certain members of the Bombyliidae, the parasitic wasp family Eucharitidae, and the order Strepsiptera. Technically the subimago of the Ephemeroptera might be described as a stage in a form of hypermetamorphosis, but that is not common practice. Hypermetamorphosis in different insect orders is analogous and not homologous; for example hypermetamorphosis in the Acroceridae was not derived from the Strepsiptera, much less the Ephemeroptera.

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1. Hypermetamorphosis

   when an insect passes through more than the normal number of stages; the interpolated stages coming usually between the full-grown larva and adult.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hypermetamorphosis in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hypermetamorphosis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hypermetamorphosis
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypermetamorphosis
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hypermetamorphosis
4. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=hypermetamorphosis