单词 | post-larval |
释义 | post-larvaladj. Zoology. Of, relating to, or designating a stage or stages in the development of an animal following the larval stage, esp. those in which some larval characteristics are retained, before the animal attains fully adult form (used esp. of fishes and marine invertebrates). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > family unit > [adjective] > young > larval > post-larval post-larval1883 1883 Amer. Naturalist 17 329 We have a parallel to it in a family of Phyllopod Crustacea, the Apodidæ, in which from two to six pairs of legs in post-larval life arise from a single segment. 1929 Amer. Naturalist 63 160 Some..interesting discoveries..have resulted from the writer's investigations into the habits of young postlarval lobsters. 1972 Aquaculture 1 179 (caption) Third postlarval stage with 18 mm of total length. 1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 6 Apr. 23/3 The factors were:..Limited availability of post-larval prawns during the stocking season for the company's Micalo Island farm [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1883 |
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