Etymology

megalops

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

translingual Megalops ← New Latin megalops
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  1. New Latin · borrowed frommegalops
  2. translingual · borrowed fromMegalops
  3. English todaymegalops

Borrowed from translingual Megalops and New Latin megalops.

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