: the process of basic and usually rather sudden change in the form and habits of some animals during transformation from an immature stage (as a tadpole or a caterpillar) to an adult stage (as a frog or a …

Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops including birth transformation or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body …

METAMORPHOSIS definition: a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. See …

metamorphosis (of something) (into something) (biology) the process in which an insect or an amphibian (such as a frog) changes from its young form to its adult form in two or more separate stages

Metamorphosis, in biology, is a striking change of form or structure in an individual after hatching or birth. Hormones called molting and juvenile hormones, which are not species specific, apparently …

When a metamorphosis occurs, a person or thing develops and changes into something completely different.

Metamorphosis is the process by which the young form of insects, frogs, etc., develops into the adult form.

There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun metamorphosis, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

The transformation of a maggot into an adult fly, and of a tadpole into an adult frog, are examples of metamorphosis. The young of such animals are called larvae.

An idea can undergo metamorphosis, or metamorphosize, too as can feelings. After you spend a full summer with your grandmother, your feelings about the woman may undergo a complete …