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1913
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Phyllosoma
‖
Phylˊlo-so′ma
(fĭlˊlō̍-sō′mȧ)
,
Noun.
[NL. See
Phyllo-
, and
-some
body.]
(Zool.)
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
.
Definition
2024
phyllosoma
phyllosoma
English
Noun
phyllosoma
(
plural
phyllosomas
or
phyllosomata
)
(
zoology
)
The thin, flat, transparent
larval
stage
of certain
lobsters
.
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