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nymphosis en · NOUN

Etymology

From nymph + -osis.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The passage from the larval state to the nymph state of an insect.
    • There are probably similarities between morphology and development with the Sagrinae, but the nymphosis here occurs within the soil. 2012, P. Jolivet, Biology of Chrysomelidae, page 6: