metamorphosis
/ˌmetəˈmɔːfəsɪs/noun
उच्चारण मेटमॉर्फ़सिस
कायापलट, रूपांतरण
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[C, U] ~ (from sth) (into sth) formal
a process in which somebody or something changes completely into something different
कायापलट, रूपांतरण
- the metamorphosis of a village into a town
- The metamorphosis of the shy boy into a confident speaker surprised all his teachers.
- The city's metamorphosis from a fishing village took fifty years.
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- Her metamorphosis from clerk to manager surprised everyone.
- The festival caused a metamorphosis of the quiet street into a market.
Synonyms transformation change conversion alteration mutation
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[U] biology
the change in form of some animals, such as a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog
(जीव विज्ञान में) कायांतरण
- the metamorphosis of a tadpole into a frog
- In biology class, we watched the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly.
- A frog goes through metamorphosis from tadpole to adult.
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- Students drew the stages of metamorphosis in a butterfly.
- Metamorphosis is complete when the pupa becomes an insect.
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met·a·mor·pho·sis
With -mor- and -phosis; plural metamorphoses (like crisis/crises).
अक्सर पूछा जाता है: met-a-mor-pho-sis, -mor- और -phosis के साथ; plural metamorphoses (crisis/crises की तरह)।
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General knowledge
Science: complete metamorphosis has four stages (egg, larva, pupa, adult), as in butterflies; incomplete metamorphosis has three (egg, nymph, adult), as in grasshoppers.
विज्ञान में पूर्ण कायांतरण के चार चरण (अंडा, लार्वा, प्यूपा, वयस्क) होते हैं, जैसे तितली में; अपूर्ण कायांतरण के तीन (अंडा, nymph, वयस्क), जैसे टिड्डे में।
Literature: Franz Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis' (a man turns into an insect).
साहित्य में Franz Kafka का 'The Metamorphosis' (एक आदमी कीड़े में बदल जाता है)।