Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Metabola \Me*tab"o*la\, Metabole \Me*tab"o*le\, n. [NL., from
Gr. ? change; ? beyond + ? to throw.] (Med.)
A change or mutation; a change of disease, symptoms, or
treatment.
Metabola \Me*tab"o*la\, Metabolia \Met`a*bo"li*a\, n. pl. [NL.
See 1st {Metabola}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A comprehensive group of insects, including those that
undegro a metamorphosis.
Source : WordNet®
metabola
n : insects that undergo complete metamorphosis [syn: {holometabola}]