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Metamorphosis
metamorphosis
(metamorphoses) When a metamorphosis occurs, a person or thing develops and changes into something completely different. (FORMAL) ...his metamorphosis from a republican to a democrat... = transformation N-VAR
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noun (plural metamorphoses) Etymology: Latin, from Greek metamorphosis, from metamorphoun to transform, from meta- + morphe form Date: 1533 1. a. change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means b. a striking alteration in appearance, character, or circumstances 2. a typically marked and more or less abrupt developmental change in the form or structure of an animal (as a butterfly or a frog) occurring subsequent to birth or hatching ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. metamorphoses) 1 a change of form (by natural or supernatural means). 2 a changed form. 3 a change of character, conditions, etc. 4 Zool. the transformation between an immature form and an adult form, e.g. from a pupa to an insect, or from a tadpole to a frog. Etymology: L f. Gk metamorphosis f. metamorphoo transform (as META-, morphoo f. morphe form) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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метаморфоз, превращение – complete metamorphosis – gradual metamorphosis – incomplete metamorphosis ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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~ n plural metamorphoses 1 formal a process in which something changes completely into something very different (the metamorphosis of China under Deng's economic reforms) 2 a process in which a young insect, frog etc changes into another stage in its development - metamorphose v ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- Gk. metamorphosis "a transforming," from metamorphoun "to transform," from meta- "change" + morphe "form." First Eng. use other than in reference to Ovid's work is 1533. Metamorphic, in geological sense, is first attested 1833. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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