English Explanatory Dictionary

mysis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A set of growth stages in the larvae of Decapoda after protozoea and prior to the juvenile stage, in which pereiopods are used to move.

Word forms

mysis

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek μῡ́ειν (mū́ein, “to close”, used of the lips or eyes).

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