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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The final stage in the development from the larval to the adult condition of certain decapod crustaceans, as the Sergestidæ. The external changes involved consist largely in modifications of the appendages of the antennary and mouth parts and of the ambulatory limbs.

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