exopterygote

exopterygote
/ek'soh ter"i goht'/, adj.
1. belonging or pertaining to the class Exopterygota, comprising the insects that undergo incomplete metamorphosis.
n.
2. an exopterygote insect.
[ < NL Exopterygota, equiv. to exo- EXO- + Gk pterygotá, neut. pl. of PTERYGOTÓS winged]

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