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endopterygote

[ en-doh-ter-i-goht ]

adjective

  1. belonging or pertaining to the superorder Endopterygota, comprising the insects that undergo complete metamorphosis.


noun

  1. an endopterygote insect.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of endopterygote1

First recorded in 1925–30, endopterygote is from the New Latin word Endopterygota a group of insects. See endo-, pterygote
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Example Sentences

A similar though less extreme shortening of the imaginal life may be noticed in many endopterygote insects.

In this way a gradual transition from the exopterygote to the endopterygote type of life-story is at least conceivable.

A few examples from other orders of endopterygote insects will illustrate this point.

We would trace the Hymenoptera back therefore to the primitive endopterygote stock.

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