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megalops

megalops


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Megalops  \Meg"a*lops\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  me`gas,  -a`loy,  large  + 
  'w`ps  eye.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  1.  A  larva,  in  a  stage  following  the  zo["e]a,  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  Also  used 
  adjectively. 
 
  2.  A  large  fish;  the  tarpum.