megalopan.

Brit.

/ˌmɛɡəˈləʊpə/, U.S.

/ˌmɛɡəˈloʊpə/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Megalopa.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Megalopa (W. E. Leach: see quot. 1815, and note s.v. megalops n. 2) < Hellenistic Greek μεγαλωπός large-eyed ( < ancient Greek μεγαλο- megalo- comb. form + ὠπ- , ὤψ eye, face: see -ops comb. form) + -a -a suffix¹ 1.

Zoology.

= megalops n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > crabs at particular stage

soft crab1737

softshell crab1806

megalopa1815

buster1855

megalops1855

shedder-crab1860

peeler1866

shedder1872

prawn-stage1896

fat crab1905

1815 W. E. Leach Malacostraca Podophthalmata Britanniæ Pl. xvi Megalopa Leach.

1862 W. B. Carpenter Microscope (ed. 3) xvi. 659 In which stage the [crab-] larva is remarkable for the large size of its eyes, and hence received the name of Megalopa when it was supposed to be a distinct type.

1880 T. H. Huxley Crayfish 284 The Megalopa stage of the crab.

1936 F. S. Russell & C. M. Yonge Seas (ed. 2) v. 123 It suddenly moults into a stage quite unlike the zoea and more like the adult crab; albeit when first found it was not recognized as such and was labelled ‘megalopa’.

1970 A. C. Hardy Open Sea ix. 176 The brachyuran zoea becomes a metazoea then passes through a young megalopa stage.

1985 P. S. Rainbow in K. Banister & A. Campbell Encycl. Underwater Life 224/3 After several molts it [sc. a zoea larva] develops into a megalopa.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	megalopa
释义	megalopan. Brit. /ˌmɛɡəˈləʊpə/, U.S. /ˌmɛɡəˈloʊpə/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Megalopa. Etymology: < scientific Latin Megalopa (W. E. Leach: see quot. 1815, and note s.v. megalops n. 2) < Hellenistic Greek μεγαλωπός large-eyed ( < ancient Greek μεγαλο- megalo- comb. form + ὠπ- , ὤψ eye, face: see -ops comb. form) + -a -a suffix¹ 1. Zoology. = megalops n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > crabs at particular stage soft crab1737 softshell crab1806 megalopa1815 buster1855 megalops1855 shedder-crab1860 peeler1866 shedder1872 prawn-stage1896 fat crab1905 1815 W. E. Leach Malacostraca Podophthalmata Britanniæ Pl. xvi Megalopa Leach. 1862 W. B. Carpenter Microscope (ed. 3) xvi. 659 In which stage the [crab-] larva is remarkable for the large size of its eyes, and hence received the name of Megalopa when it was supposed to be a distinct type. 1880 T. H. Huxley Crayfish 284 The Megalopa stage of the crab. 1936 F. S. Russell & C. M. Yonge Seas (ed. 2) v. 123 It suddenly moults into a stage quite unlike the zoea and more like the adult crab; albeit when first found it was not recognized as such and was labelled ‘megalopa’. 1970 A. C. Hardy Open Sea ix. 176 The brachyuran zoea becomes a metazoea then passes through a young megalopa stage. 1985 P. S. Rainbow in K. Banister & A. Campbell Encycl. Underwater Life 224/3 After several molts it [sc. a zoea larva] develops into a megalopa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1815
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