megalops

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from translingual Megalops and New Latin megalops. === Noun === megalops (plural megalopses) (zoology) 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. ==== Translations ==== === References === “megalops”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “megalops”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek μεγάλος (megálos) + ὤψ (ṓps). === Adjective === megalōps (genitive megalōpis); third-declension one-termination adjective (New Latin) having large eyes ==== Usage notes ==== Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== macrōps ==== Antonyms ==== mīcrōps ==== Descendants ==== Translingual: Megalops