Hem`i·me·tab'o·la noun plural [ New Latin See Hemi- , and Metabola .] (Zoology) Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/32
Hemimetabola is the subdivision of the Pterygota class of insects which undergo a slight and incomplete metamorphosis, the larva differing from the perfect insect chiefly in the absence of wings and in size. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BH.HTM