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Meanings of hemimetabolic in English

(Of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult.

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        With about 5,000 species worldwide, the Heteroptera or true bugs are the most diverse taxon among the hemimetabolous insects in aquatic and semi-aquatic ecosystems.
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