instar


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
instar /ˈɪnstɑː/
noun Zoology a phase between two periods of moulting in the development of an insect larva or other invertebrate.
– origin C19: from L., lit. ‘form, likeness’.
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