Antonyms of adj metamorphic

1 of 2 senses of metamorphic

Sense 2
metamorphic (vs. nonmetamorphic) -- (characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance)

nonmetamorphic (vs. metamorphic) -- (not metamorphic)
        => ametabolic -- (undergoing no (or only slight) metamorphosis)

Similarity of adj metamorphic

2 senses of metamorphic

Sense 1
metamorphic, metamorphous -- (of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks); "metamorphic stage"; "marble is a metamorphic rock that takes a high polish")

Sense 2
metamorphic (vs. nonmetamorphic) -- (characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance)
       => epimorphic -- (characterized by incomplete metamorphosis; having the same number of body segments in successive stages)
       => hemimetabolous, hemimetabolic, hemimetamorphous, hemimetamorphic -- ((of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult)
       => heterometabolous, heterometabolic -- ((of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage)
       => holometabolic, holometabolous -- ((of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis)
       => metamorphous -- (produced by metamorphosis; "most insects are metamorphic as witness the stages as a butterfly develops from a caterpillar")
       => changed -- (changed in constitution or structure or composition by metamorphism; "metamorphic rocks")

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