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holometabolous metamorphosis (medicine)


holometabolous metamorphosis -->
complete metamorphosis
Insect development from egg, through successive larval instars, pupa, and adult; the latter is distinct from the first two forms of the insect, permitting specialization of feeding (larval) and reproductive-flying functions (adult); characteristic of the higher insect orders, such as Coleoptera (beetles), Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants), Diptera (two-winged flies), and Siphonaptera (fleas).

Synonym: holometabolous metamorphosis.


Ballard, J(ames) G(raham) (sh)




born Nov. 15, 1930, Shanghai, China

British writer.

Ballard spent four years of his childhood in a Japanese prison camp, an experience he described in Empire of the Sun (1984; Film, 1987). His science Fiction is often set in ecologically unbalanced landscapes caused by decadent technological excess. His apocalyptic novels, often shockingly violent, include Crash (1973; Film, 1996), Concrete Island (1974), and High Rise (1975). His later works include the short-story collection War Fever (1990) and the novels The Kindness of Women (1991) and Cocaine Nights (1998).