Dictionary.com
definitions

megalops

[meg-uh-lops]
noun Zoology.
  1. 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
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for megalops

Historical Examples of megalops