predauer

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ dauer.

Noun

predauer (plural predauers)

1. An early stage in the development of nematode larvae.
   • 2011 September 2, Autophagy: Lower Eukaryotes and Non-Mammalian Systems, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 481:

     Several interesting questions arise concerning the possible role of autophagy in both the special enduring (dauer or L3D) larval stage, and in the L2 predauer (PD) phase during which the transformation into L3D takes […]

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• reared up, upreared