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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Phyllosoma

/(fĭl`lō̇*sō"mȧ)/ · Phyl·lo·so·ma · IPA
01 n. The larva of the spiny lobsters (Palinurus and allied genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are very long.…
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    The larva of the spiny lobsters (Palinurus and allied genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are very long. Called also glass-crab, and glass-shrimp.(Zool.) Also: glass-crab, glass-shrimp