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单词 megalops
释义 megalops Zool.|ˈmɛgəlɒps|
[mod.L. megalōps, altered form of megalopa; cf. L. Cyclōps, Gr. κύκλωψ.]
1. Originally, the name of a supposed genus of crustaceans (characterized by eyes of enormous size), now known to represent merely a particular stage in the development of crabs. Now retained as a descriptive term for a crab in this ‘large-eyed’ stage of development.
1855W. S. Dallas in Syst. Nat. Hist. I. 312 In this form the young animals have received the name of Megalops.1896Kirkaldy & Pollard tr. Boas' Text Bk. Zool. 226 There is no mysis-stage, but the young one passes through a prawn-stage (the so-called megalops).
2. The typical genus of the sub-family Megalopinæ of the family Elopidæ of clupeoid fishes.
1840Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 321. 1880 Günther Fishes 661.
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