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megalops

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[meg-uh-lops] / ˈmɛg əˌlɒps /

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of megalops

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

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