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megalops

megalops noun: 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.

Noun

megalops (plural megalopses)

  1. 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.

megalops meaning in Arabic

megalops in Arabic

fish of the genus Megalops
خُنْجُولَة ḵunjūla

Forms of megalops

pluralmegalopses

Origin of megalops

Borrowed from translingual Megalops and New Latin megalops.

Questions about megalops

What does megalops mean?
Megalops 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.
What is megalops in Arabic?
Megalops in Arabic is خُنْجُولَة (ḵunjūla). See Megalops meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is megalops?
Megalops is a noun.
What is the plural of megalops?
The plural of megalops is megalopses.

Words near megalops in the dictionary

  1. megalopolized
  2. megalopolizes
  3. megalopolizing
  4. megalopore
  5. megalopores
  6. megalops
  7. megalopses
  8. megalopsia
  9. megalopsias
  10. megalopsychia
  11. megalopsychoi

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