English Explanatory Dictionary

megalops

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large.

Word forms

megalops megalopses

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Megalops and New Latin megalops.

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