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instar
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an insect or other arthropod between molts
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity. 2 An arthropod at a specified one of these stages of development. 3 (context by extension English) ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Instar \In*star"\, v. t. To stud as with stars. [R.] ``A golden throne instarred with gems.'' --J. Barlow.
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The predators that devour the emptied husks of these hosts engulf as well my nymphal instars, and these eat those second hosts as well quite hollow, before we fly out like thistledown across the wind and light upon our rooting places.
Ultimus tandem chalifarum cui sumtus, stipendia, reditus, et thesauri, culinae, caeteraque omnis aulica pompa priorum chalifarum ad instar comparata fuerint.