periodomorphosis
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periodomorphosis (noun; Greek peri, around; hodos, way; morphosis, shaping): (Arthropoda: Diplopoda) In some male Julida, regression from a copulatory stage to a noncopulatory stage in consecutive molts; subsequent molting leads to a copulatory stage again.
