noun
ZoologyThe larval form of certain macrurous crustaceans (formerly supposed to be adult forms constituting a separate group); a glass-crab.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in William Kirby (1759–1850), entomologist and naturalist. From scientific Latin Phyllosoma, originally proposed as a genus name from phyllo- + -soma.
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