资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Metabola \Me*tab"o*la\, Metabole \Me*tab"o*le\, n. [NL., from
   Gr. ? change; ? beyond + ? to throw.] (Med.)
   A change or mutation; a change of disease, symptoms, or
   treatment.

Metabola \Me*tab"o*la\, Metabolia \Met`a*bo"li*a\, n. pl. [NL.
   See 1st {Metabola}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A comprehensive group of insects, including those that
   undegro a metamorphosis.

资料来源 : WordNet®

metabola
     n : insects that undergo complete metamorphosis [syn: {holometabola}]