metamorphosis

profound change in body structure during the postembryonic development of an organism
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metamorphosis

Summary

metamorphosis ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,791 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • metamorphosis is a type of developmental stage of animal[2].
  • metamorphosis is a type of biological process[3].
  • metamorphosis is a type of transformation[4].
  • metamorphosis is a type of change[5].
  • metamorphosis's Commons category is recorded as Metamorphosis (biology)[6].
  • metamorphosis's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7].
  • metamorphosis's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • metamorphosis's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • metamorphosis's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • metamorphosis's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[11].
  • metamorphosis's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[12].
  • metamorphosis's manifestation of is recorded as developmental process[13].
  • metamorphosis's different from is recorded as Metamorphose[14].
  • metamorphosis's different from is recorded as metamorphosis[15].
  • metamorphosis's different from is recorded as metamorphosis[16].
  • metamorphosis's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include developmental stage of animal[2], biological process[3], transformation[4], and change[5].

Why It Matters

metamorphosis ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,791 views/month).[1] metamorphosis has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] metamorphosis is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from Metamorphose, metamorphosis, metamorphosis
    Manifestation of developmental process
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    Subclass of developmental stage of animal, biological process, transformation +1
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10976, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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