Holocyclic
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In entomology
Entomology
Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology...

, holocyclic means that an insect undergoes sexual reproduction
Sexual reproduction
Sexual reproduction is the creation of a new organism by combining the genetic material of two organisms. There are two main processes during sexual reproduction; they are: meiosis, involving the halving of the number of chromosomes; and fertilization, involving the fusion of two gametes and the...

during at least part of its life cycle.
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