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instar
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instar
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun instar has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
instar, v. t.
To stud as with stars. J. Barlow. [1913 Webster]
instar, n.
a postembryonic stage of life of an arthropod, especially an insect, between two successive molts; also, the arthropod when in that stage of life. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
instar, n. a stage in the life of an insect etc. between two periods of moulting.
Etymology
L, = form
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