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metamorphosis
  1. A transformation, such as that of magic or by sorcery
  2. A noticeable change in character, appearance, function or condition.
  3. (biology) 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.)
  4. (pathology) A change in the structure of a specific body tissue. Usually degenerative.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “Most studies of invertebrate larval metamorphosis have been performed with species that are sedentary or sessile as adults.”
      “Now she held their attention as they watched the metamorphosis from near death to vitality and renewed animation filling her essence.”
      “He kicked the jack-of-all-trades route to the curb, got himself a band, and made a quick metamorphosis into a brash rocker.”
metamorph
  1. (biology) An organism that has undergone metamorphosis
  2. Examples:
    1. “After 2 to 3 months in the larval stage, the tadpoles metamorph between the end of June and beginning of August depending on the location.”
      “The tadpoles metamorph during the following summer after 12 to 15 month in the larval stage.”
      “After 2 to 5 months at the larval stage, the young metamorph between June and August.”
metamorphosist
  1. Someone who causes or undergoes a metamorphosis. [from 20th c.]
  2. Examples:
    1. “She is a metamorphosist who can change gold to dross, joy to horror.”
metamorphic
  1. (mineralogy) A rock that has been changed from its original form by subjection to heat and/or pressure.
metamorphization
  1. Process or action of metamorphizing.
metamorphoser
  1. One who metamorphoses.
metamorphosists
  1. plural of metamorphosist
metamorphoses
metamorphosers
  1. plural of metamorphoser
metamorphics
  1. plural of metamorphic
metamorphs
  1. plural of metamorph
  2. Examples:
    1. “She essentially turns the movement into both minuet and gigue and metamorphs one to the other without any sense of break at all.”
      “Fitness was assessed using burst swim speed for tadpoles and maximum jump distance for metamorphs.”
      “We photographed emerging metamorphs to determine size at metamorphosis, and recorded their times to metamorphosis.”
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