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{{Concept
|label=poecilogeny
|lexical category=noun
|etymology=Greek <i>poikilos</i>, various; <i>gennaein</i>, to produce
|definition=([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) In Diptera, [[larval]] [[polymorphism]] with more than one form, some being paedogenic and others developing normally into winged sexual adults.
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{{Concept scheme relation
|scheme=Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology
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