megalops

megalops
/meg"euh lops'/, n. Zool.
the larval stage of marine crabs immediately prior to and resembling the adult stage.
[1850-55; < NL, orig. a genus name, equiv. to Gk megal- MEGAL- + óps eye, face]

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