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post-ˈlarval, a. Zool.
[post- B. 1 b.]
Belonging or pertaining to those stages in the development of certain animals in which some larval characteristics may be retained, before the adult form is reached. So post-ˈlarva, an animal, esp. a fish, during this period of its development.
1898Proc. Zool. Soc. 204 (title) On the early post-larval stages of the Common Crab. 1929Amer. Naturalist LXIII. 160 Some..interesting discoveries..have resulted from the writer's investigations into the habits of young postlarval lobsters. 1942Copeia 126 (heading) The occurrence of flounder post larvae in fish stomachs. 1962K. F. Lagler et al. Ichthyol. x. 313 Differences between postlarvae and adults in some fishes are so trenchant that they have resulted from time to time in taxonomic confusion. 1967Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. V. 239 The post-larval development of Copepods similarly aroused Mazza's interest. 1972Aquaculture I. 179 (caption) Third postlarval stage with 18 mm of total length. 1973Ibid. I. 363 Postlarvae and juvenile siganids are attracted by artificial light at night. |