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metamorphosis

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

metamorphosis ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,265 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: developmental stage of animal[2], biological process[3], transformation[4], change[5]
  • Commons category: Metamorphosis (biology)[6]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], The New Student's Reference Work[11], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[12]
  • Manifestation of: developmental process[13]
  • Different from: Metamorphose[14], metamorphosis[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
  • P14541: 169cw0[17]

Why It Matters

metamorphosis has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] metamorphosis is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · Nizil Shah · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gujarati vishwakosh entry → રૂપાંતરણ-metamorphosis-પ્રાણીશાસ્ત્
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Gujarati vishwakosh entry: રૂપાંતરણ-metamorphosis-પ્રાણીશાસ્ત્"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 169cw0
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → metamorphosis
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: metamorphosis, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289948594|metamorphosis (#289948594)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  4. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Metamorphose, metamorphosis, metamorphosis
    Manifestation of → developmental process
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → developmental stage of animal, biological process, transformation +1
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 10976, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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