Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name given by Bose (1802) to the larvæ of certain decapod crustaceans under the impression that they were adults constituting a distinct genus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A peculiar larval stage of certain decapod Crustacea, especially of crabs and certain Anomura.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A peculiar larval stage of certain
decapod crustaceans , especially of crabs and certainAnomura . Also called thecopepod stage.
Etymologies
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New Latin, from Ancient Greek ζῷον. Coined by Bose in 1802.
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