heterometabolous

ADJECTIVE
16 LETTERS · STARTS WITH H

heterometabolous is a valid 16-letter word worth 23 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
H4E1T1E1R1O1M3E1T1A1B3O1L1O1U1S1
4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =23 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 46TRIPLE WORD → 69
MEANING

What does heterometabolous mean?

ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1

(of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage.