metamorphosis

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[ US /ˌmɛtəˈmɔɹfəsəs/ ]
[ UK /mˌɛtəmˈɔːfəsˌɪs/ ]
NOUN
  1. a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
    the metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting
  2. the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
  3. a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
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How To Use metamorphosis In A Sentence

  • Beetles undergo a complete metamorphosis in their life cycle.
  • When it comes to national security, however, no one can say with assurance whether her metamorphosis is genuine.
  • The granite peaks and sylvan hollows in the Blue Ridge Mountains are the results of geological changes and metamorphosis over perhaps a billion year period of time.
  • Frogs were not symbols of death but, on the contrary, of rebirth and renewal, because of its remarkable metamorphosis of egg into tadpole and from tadpole into frog.
  • After the second-half metamorphosis, it has suddenly become clear that there will be real competition for places come the summer.
  • I counted half a dozen chrysalises outside this morning, and those caterpillars may take months to complete the metamorphosis because of the cold weather, but because of the warm, cozy conditions this one's found, I expect it to emerge as a beautiful Gulf fritillary butterfly sometime within the next two weeks. Archive 2009-12-01
  • Dreadstar Vol. 1 TPB - This reprint of Jim Starlin's 80's ouvre collects the first few issues of the series (and not the Metamorphosis Odyssey that resulted in galactic genocide) that persuaded me that scifi wasn't so bad. Grafictive excesses
  • In their metamorphosis they pass easily from sandy beige to sulfurous beige, then to amber yellow.
  • Essentially you do indeed undergo a metamorphosis on reaching 35. You become invisible. Times, Sunday Times
  • The word larva referring to the newly hatched form of insects before they undergo metamorphosis comes from the Latin word lārva, meaning “evil spirit, demon, devil.” Unmasking religion
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