Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The third stage of an ovum, or an ovum in a third stage, succeeding a deutovum.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin previous to hatching from the egg.

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  • noun zoology An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin before hatching from the egg.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek third + Latin ovum egg.

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