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Met·a·mor·pho·sis

/ˌmedəˈmôrfəsəs/

noun
- 1. (in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages: "the persistence of the larval tail during metamorphosis"
- ▪ a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one, by natural or supernatural means: "his metamorphosis from presidential candidate to talk-show host"
Word Origin late Middle English: via Latin from Greek metamorphōsis, from metamorphoun ‘transform, change shape’.
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