megalops

Borrowed from translingual Megalops and New Latin megalops.

megalops (plural megalopses)

1. (zoology) A larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large.

• “megalops”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “megalops”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From Ancient Greek μεγάλος (megálos) + ὤψ (ṓps).

megalōps (genitive megalōpis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (New Latin) having large eyes

• Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

• macrōps

• mīcrōps

• Translingual: Megalops