Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis is a biological process bi which an animal pheesically develops efter birth or hatchin, involvin a conspicuous an relatively abrupt chynge in the animal's body structur throu cell growth an differentiation. Some insects, amphibians, molluscs, crustaceans, Cnidarians, echinoderms an tunicates unnergo metamorphosis, which is uisually accompaniet bi a chynge o habitat or behavior.

Scienteefic uisage o the term is exclusive, an is no applee'd tae general aspects o cell growth, includin rapid growth spurts. References tae "metamorphosis" in mammals are imprecise an anerlie colloquial, but historically idealist ideas o transformation an monadology, as in Goethe's Metamorphosis o Plants, influencit the development o ideas o evolution.

 Etymology 
The wird "metamorphosis" derives frae Greek , "transformation, transformin",<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2366805 Metamorphosis, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A, at Perseus]</ref> frae  (), "chynge" +  (''), "form".Online Etymology Dictionary

 References 

 Davies, R.G., "Outlines of Entomology", Chapman an Hall: chapter 3
 Williamson D I (2003). "The Origins of Larvae", xviii + 261 pp, ISBN 1-4020-1514-3. Kluwer. Dordrecht.

 Freemit airtins 
 Description of metamorphosis and its different forms
 Info on butterflies and butterfly metamorphosis
 Info on insect hormones 

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Category:Greek loanwirds