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Meaning of "metaboly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF METABOLY

metaboly  [mɪˈtæbəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF METABOLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Metaboly is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES METABOLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of metaboly in the English dictionary

The definition of metaboly in the dictionary is the ability of some cells, esp protozoans, to alter their shape.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH METABOLY


antimetabole
ˌæntɪməˈtæbəlɪ
babbly
ˈbæbəlɪ
bobbly
ˈbɒbəlɪ
brambly
ˈbræmbəlɪ
cembali
ˈtʃembəlɪ
hubbly
ˈhʌbəlɪ
hyperbole
haɪˈpɜːbəlɪ
Kimberley
ˈkɪmbəlɪ
landlubberly
ˈlændlʌbəlɪ
lubberly
ˈlʌbəlɪ
neighborly
ˈneɪbəlɪ
neighbourly
ˈneɪbəlɪ
nonverbally
ˌnɒnˈvɜːbəlɪ
nubbly
ˈnʌbəlɪ
parabole
pəˈræbəlɪ
soberly
ˈsəʊbəlɪ
sombrely
ˈsɒmbəlɪ
Stromboli
ˈstrɒmbəlɪ
tribally
ˈtraɪbəlɪ
verbally
ˈvɜːbəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE METABOLY

metabasis
metabatic
metabolic
metabolic pathway
metabolic rate
metabolic syndrome
metabolically
metabolisable
metabolise
metabolism
metabolite
metabolizable
metabolize
metabolome
metabolomics
metabotropic receptor
metacarpal
metacarpi
metacarpus
metacenter

WORDS THAT END LIKE METABOLY

amphiboly
antimonopoly
coly
cooly
drooly
duopoly
emboly
epiboly
gooly
government monopoly
holy
melancholy
moly
monopoly
natural monopoly
oligopoly
poly
roly-poly
the holy
unholy

Synonyms and antonyms of metaboly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «metaboly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF METABOLY

Find out the translation of metaboly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of metaboly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «metaboly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

metaboly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

metaboly
570 millions of speakers

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metaboly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

metaboly
380 millions of speakers
ar

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metaboly
280 millions of speakers

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metaboly
278 millions of speakers

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metaboly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

metaboly
260 millions of speakers

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metaboly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Metabolis
190 millions of speakers

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metaboly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

変態
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

metaboly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Metaboly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

metaboly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

metaboly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चयापचय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

metaboly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

metaboly
65 millions of speakers

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metaboly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

metaboly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

metaboly
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

metaboly
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

metaboly
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

metaboly
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

metaboly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of metaboly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «METABOLY»

The term «metaboly» is barely ever used and occupies the 206.212 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «METABOLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «metaboly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «metaboly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about metaboly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «METABOLY»

Discover the use of metaboly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to metaboly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Eukaryotic Microbes
A sliding movement of one strip relative to another is what allows Euglena and other species to change their cell shape. In some taxa the cells can rapidly change from very elongate to nearly round (Figure 4). Euglenoid metaboly is only  ...
Moselio Schaechter, 2011
2
Algae: Source to Treatment
Genera are motile by a single emergent flagellum (except E. mutabilis) and differing metaboly depending on species. Unicells are ovoid to spindle-shaped and sometimes twisted, often terminating to posterior attenuated cauda and an ...
American Water Works Association, 2010
3
Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification
FIGURE 5 Euglena cell morphology and diversity, (A–H), metaboly in Euglena: (A –C) Metaboly in E. clavata [(A) swimming cell; (B) and (C) during metaboly]; (D–H ) sequence of metaboly in E. repulsans. Euglena diversity, (I–V): (I) E. viridis, ...
John D. Wehr, Robert G. Sheath, J. Patrick Kociolek, 2002
4
Metamorphosis: Postembryonic Reprogramming of Gene ...
L---->L I' 1],', /I t l " 'I l""'l l""'l El:---->E 5'/4----E ----+ E E ---->5 12 ----+E Hemi- Holo- Hemi- Ancestor Holo- Hemi- Holo- Hemi- Holometaboly metaboly metaboly metaboly metaboly Berlese Heslop-Harrison Poyarkoff Hinton Fig. 8. The main ...
‎1996
5
Biology of Protozoa
Such type of movement is called metaboly. This type of body movement is caused by the cytoplasm. Nutrition The free-living ciliates are almost entirely holozoic. It feeds on bacteria, small protozoan, yeast, algae etc, but its favourite food is ...
D.R. Khanna, 2004
6
Marine Phytoplankton: A Guide to Naked Flagellates and ...
Pronounced metaboly. Distribution: Coastal; Atlantic. Eutreptiella gymnastica Throndsen 1969 (Plate 10) Cell length: 17—30 am. Flagella: Two, 20—32 am and 8—13 am. Chloroplasts: Single, green. Characteristic features: The reticulated ...
Carmelo R Tomas, 1993
7
Physiology
None of these names has come into general use, although the term metaboly (“ metabolie”; Petty, 1852) has been the most often employed. A. COMPLEXITY OF BODY MOVEMENTS According to Pringsheim (1948), the problem Of describing  ...
Dennis E. Buetow, 1982
8
E-Z Microbiology
In addition to swimming with their flagella, euglenids can also move by a strange wriggling motion called metaboly. Metaboly is possible because euglenids have a flexible protein coat called a pellicle that compresses and changes the shape ...
9
Variations in the pigments and paramylon of Euglena under ...
Good metaboly (25.6x11.2) 8?1 hrs. 25 min. (27x9.8) 1221}. hrs. 45 min. Chloroplasts small Pale chloroplasts Good metaboly (29.6x19.5) (Ul.6x9.2) _ 247 hrs. 15 min. Fair stigma (27.9x9.5) 311 hrs. 22 min. Fair stigma (^.8x13.8) tlgma Distinct ...
Richard Thew Huling, 1952
10
The Biology of Euglena: General biology and ultrastructure
Contractile Body Movements (Metaboly*) Most species of Euglena are able to bend or contract the body to a greater or lesser degree. These contractions vary from a slight unilateral bending, or slight twisting of the body, as in E. tripteris, ...
Dennis E. Buetow, 1968

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «METABOLY»

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An algal scene
... pellicle -- in many species, they slide against each other and enable metaboly, a pattern of movement that makes the euglenid feel 'squishy'. «Scientific American, Dec 12»

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