metamorphosis
Metamorphosis is a 13 letter word which starts with the letter M and ends with the letter S for which we found 3 definitions.
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| (n.) Change of form or structure; transformation. |
| (n.) 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. 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. in insects. 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. See Transformation. |
| (n.) The change of material of one kind into another through the agency of the living organism; metabolism. |
Syllable Information
The word metamorphosis is a 13 letter word that has 3 syllable 's . The syllable division for metamorphosis is: met-amor-phosis
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