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nounnymphochrysalis (plural nymphochrysalises or (rare) nymphochrysalides)
plural nymphochrysalises · plural rare nymphochrysalides
- biologySynonym of protonymph.
The protonymph (or nymphochrysalis) molts in the cuticula of the larva without hatching.
2004, Arne R. Panesar, “Evolution in Water Mites (Hydrachnellae, Actinedidia, Acari)”, in Bonner zoologische Monographien, number 52, Bonn: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, →ISSN, page 16Synonyms: protonymph
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nounSynonym of protonymph.
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