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完全変態 (かんぜんへんたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

完かん全ぜん変へん態たい

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Meanings

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complete metamorphosis; holometabolism

Entomological term for development through egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages. Contrasts with 不完全変態 (incomplete metamorphosis).

See also: 不完全変態

チョウは完かん全ぜん変へん

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虫ちゅう

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。

Butterflies are insects that undergo complete metamorphosis.

Kanji

完perfect, completion, end
全whole, entire, all
変unusual, change, strange
態attitude, condition, figure

Related words

不ふ完かん全ぜん変へん態たい
Incomplete metamorphosis, where the insect develops through egg, nymph, and adult stages without a pupal stage.

Built from

完かん全ぜん+変へん態たい

Etymology

Compound of 完全 (complete) and 変態 (metamorphosis), a direct calque of the English term.