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CIDE DICTIONARY

phyllosoma

CIDE DICTIONARY

phyllosoman. [NL. See Phyllo-, and -some body.].
     The larva of the spiny lobsters (Palinurus and allied genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are very long. Called also glass-crab, and glass-shrimp.  [1913 Webster]

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