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metamorphose
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metamorphose
v.
change in nature or form, transform; cause to change in form; be capable of undergoing metamorphosis
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Métamorphose
Métamorphose may refer to:
- "Métamorphose" (song), a 1989 song by Amanda Lear
- Métamorphose (album), a 1984 album by Sortilège
- Métamorphose (renamer), an open source batch renamer
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Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation. Some insects, fishes, amphibians, molluscs, crustaceans, cnidarians, echinoderms and tunicates undergo metamorphosis, which is often accompanied by a change of nutrition source or behavior. Animals can be divided into species that undergo complete metamorphosis ("holometaboly"), incomplete metamorphosis ("hemimetaboly"), or no metamorphosis ("ametaboly").
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metamorphose
Verb
1. change completely the nature or appearance of; "In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"; "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"; "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection"
(synonym) transfigure, transmogrify
(hypernym) change by reversal, turn, reverse
2. change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
(synonym) transform, transmute
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) aurify
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Metamorphose (die)
nf.
metamorphosis, change in form or structure; change or succession of changes in an organism which enables it to survive in a new environment (Zoology); change in form or function of a plant during its development (Botany)
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métamorphose
nf.
metamorphose, transformation
métamorphoser
v.
metamorphose, change in nature or form
