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Definition of Instar
1. Noun. An insect or other arthropod between molts.
Definition of Instar
1. v. t. To stud as with stars.
Definition of Instar
1. Noun. Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity. ¹
2. Noun. An arthropod at a specified one of these stages of development. ¹
3. Noun. (by extension) A stage in development. ¹
4. Verb. (archaic) To stud with stars. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Instar
1. to adorn with stars [v -STARRED, -STARRING, -STARS]
Medical Definition of Instar
1. An insect or other arthropod that is between molts (molting is shedding its outer shell, or exoskeleton). (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Instar
Literary usage of Instar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1890)
"was no mortality in the eggs and little in the first instar but in ... Only about
one-fifth of the number which hatched survived to the fifth instar. ..."
2. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"V. : nomina ea partium urbis et instar urbium stint, ... instar fuit, as good
as : Plato mihi unus instar est ..."
3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1908)
"First instar.—The larva in escaping from the egg eats a large ragged hole out of
... Length at commencement of instar, 1.5 mm. Later in instar larva becomes ..."
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