megalops

See also: Megalops

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Megalops and New Latin megalops.

Noun

megalops (plural megalopses)

1. (zoology) A larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large.

Translations

fish of the genus Megalops

• Arabic: خُنْجُولَة f (ḵunjūla)

References

• “megalops”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “megalops”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μεγάλος (megálos) + ὤψ (ṓps).

Adjective

megalōps (genitive megalōpis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (New Latin) having large eyes

Usage notes

• Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	megalōps			megalōpēs	megalōpia
genitive	megalōpis			megalōpium
dative	megalōpī			megalōpibus
accusative	megalōpem	megalōps		megalōpīs megalōpēs	megalōpia
ablative	megalōpī megalōpe			megalōpibus
vocative	megalōps			megalōpēs	megalōpia

Synonyms

• macrōps

Antonyms

• mīcrōps

Descendants

• Translingual: Megalops