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1. A substantial change in an organism's bodily form during development.
2. A major transformation in the nature or appearance of something.
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- insect metamorphosis
- complete metamorphosis
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The larva's metamorphosis began while the observers slept.
No one expected the insect's metamorphosis to leave such a large empty shell.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular metamorphosis; plural metamorphoses. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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