Meaning

3 senses

  1. Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity.

    an insect or other arthropod between molts

  2. An arthropod at a specified one of these stages of development.

    Larve

  3. (broadly)A stage in development.

    Larvenstadium, Entwicklungsstadium, Entwicklungsstadium

    во́зрастvózrast

Examples

1 sentences

  1. It's on its second instar.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
stage in the development of arthropods:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
arthropod at a specified one of these stages:
stage in the development of arthropods:

Origin

From Latin instar (“form, likeness”), which is of obscure origin.

From Latin instar (“form, likeness”), which is of obscure origin.

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Forms

plural: instars
Singularinstar
Pluralinstars

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
instantaneousC2instantaneouslyC2instantlyB2insteadA2instigateinstillB2instinctB2

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