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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_143442" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into final and sexually developed forms, from the union of which organisms are produced which pass through the same cycle of changes. See Transformation. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) The change of material of one kind into another through the agency of the living organism; metabolism. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) [[Change]] of form, or structure; transformation. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76859" /> == | |||
<p> A classical name for the changing of a human being into a beast, an inanimate object, or an element, stories of which are common in all folk-lore. </p> | <p> A classical name for the changing of a human being into a beast, an inanimate object, or an element, stories of which are common in all folk-lore. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_143442"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/metamorphosis Metamorphosis from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_76859"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/metamorphosis Metamorphosis from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_76859"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/metamorphosis Metamorphosis from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:44, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into final and sexually developed forms, from the union of which organisms are produced which pass through the same cycle of changes. See Transformation.
(2): ( n.) The change of material of one kind into another through the agency of the living organism; metabolism.
(3): ( n.) Change of form, or structure; transformation.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A classical name for the changing of a human being into a beast, an inanimate object, or an element, stories of which are common in all folk-lore.
