Usually means: Gradual metamorphosis in some insects.
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  1. paurometabolous: Merriam-Webster
  2. paurometabolous: Wordnik
  3. paurometabolous: Wiktionary
  4. paurometabolous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. Paurometabolous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (paurometabolous)

adjective:  Of or belonging to the Paurometabola.
adjective:  (entomology) Characterizing a group of insects whose metamorphosis from immaturity to maturity is gradual and without sudden radical physical change; characterized by hemimetabolism.

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