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{{Concept
|label=Holometabola
|lexical category=noun
|etymology=Greek <i>holos</i>, whole; <i>metabole</i>, change
|definition=Dominant [[superorder]] of [[insects]], distributed worldwide, that includes the vast majority of insect families, genera and [[species]] with [[complete metamorphosis]] and [[wing]] pads formed by [[invagination]]; in some classifications [[Endopterygota]].
}}
{{Concept scheme relation
|scheme=Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology
}}