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megalops

[meg-uh-lops]

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noun Zoology.

the larval stage of marine crabs immediately prior to and resembling the adult stage.

Origin of megalops

1850–55; < New Latin, originally a genus name, equivalent to Greek megal- megal- + ṓps eye, face

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Historical Examples of megalops

During the next few days they frequently saw tarpon (Megalops Atlanticus) six feet long, reminding one of gigantic herring.
The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904
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