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metamorphose

[met-uh-mawr-fohz, -fohs] / ˌmɛt əˈmɔr foʊz, -foʊs /


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On Earth, there’s an efficient way “to get those rocks up to the surface and cycle surface rocks down to be metamorphosed,” McSween says.

From National Geographic

They pulsate, drip, twist, ooze, squirm and sometimes even metamorphose, and when they were displayed alongside the menacing work of the “Alien” artist H.R.

From New York Times

The axolotl is one of four central Mexico species that rarely, if ever, metamorphose in the wild.

From Science Magazine

Grassi observed these leptocephali larvae metamorphosed into glass eels when they arrived close to the coast and later grew into yellow eels.

From Salon

Her sinuous, wildly colored compositions, which she built with patterns of dots and lines, suggest deep-space marvels or activity under a microscope, with mysterious beings that dance, fly and metamorphose.

From New York Times