metamorphosis A major structural change of body shape, e.g., the change from a larval form to an a juvenile adult form, e.g. Anguilliformes, Molidae.

• 蜕变一个体型主要结构改变，例如从一个幼虫的形式到一个幼年的成鱼形式的改变，例如鳗形目，翻车鲀科。