change completely the nature or appearance of; "In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"; "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"; "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection"
To metamorphose or be metamorphosed means to develop and change into something completely different. hysterical laughter which gradually metamorphoses into convulsive sobs The tadpoles metamorphose and emerge onto land She had been metamorphosed by the war. see also metamorphosis. to change completely and become something different, or to make something change in this way metamorphose into
A change in form during development Simple metamorphosis has three stages: egg, nymph, adult Complex metamorphosis has four stages: egg, larvae, pupa, adult
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
"to change" When rocks are put under intense pressure and heat they will change their structure Some bend, other break and still others will melt and resolidify This geological process occurs at the boundaries between existing cooled rock and molten rock
A stage in the LIFE CYCLE of certain animals during which the LARVA rapidly transforms into an adult An example of metamorphosis is the change from CATERPILLAR to adult moth or butterfly
Metamorphosis is the rapid transformation from the larval to the adult form that occurs in the life cycle of many invertebrates and amphibians Examples are the changes from a tadpole to a frog, or from a caterpillar to a butterfly
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
{i} change in form or structure; result of a complete change in appearance; change or succession of changes in an organism which enables it to survive in a new environment (Zoology); change in form or function of a plant during its development (Botany)
The change from egg to adult Incomplete metamorphosis has three stages: egg, nymph, and adult Complete metamorphosis has four stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult
When a metamorphosis occurs, a person or thing develops and changes into something completely different. his metamorphosis from a republican to a democrat = transformation. In biology, any striking developmental change of an animal's form or structure, accompanied by physiological, biochemical, and behavioral changes. The best-known examples occur among insects, which may exhibit complete or incomplete metamorphosis (see nymph). The complete metamorphosis of butterflies, moths, and some other insects involves four stages: egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis or cocoon), and adult. The change from tadpole to frog is an example of metamorphosis among amphibians; some echinoderms, crustaceans, mollusks, and tunicates also undergo metamorphosis
a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
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
A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development. (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog.)
The changing of a body's form and appearance This is usually from a larval stage to adult Examples of metamorphosis, or transformation, are caterpillars to butterflies and tadpoles to frogs
the changes an insect goes through as it passes from the egg through the adult stage Complete metamorphosis is development from egg to larva to pupa to adult Gradual metamorphosis is development from egg to nymph to adult