Meaning of megalops in English:
megalops
noun
Zoology1Now in form Megalops. A genus of marine fishes including the Indo-Pacific or ox-eye tarpon, Megalops cyprinoides, and the Atlantic tarpon, M. atlanticus (family Megalopidae).
2A free-swimming larval stage in the developments of crabs, following the zoea stage and having the adult number of trunk segments and legs, and large eyes; a crab in this stage.
These larvae were at first mistakenly thought to represent a distinct genus, named Megalopa by W. E. Leach.
Pronunciation
megalops
/ˈmɛɡəlɒps/ /ˈmɛɡ(ə)lɒps/Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Edward Griffith (1790–1858), naturalist. From scientific Latin Megalops from megalo- + -ops.
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