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See also: Mysis
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek μῡ́ειν (mū́ein, “to close”, used of the lips or eyes).[1]
Noun
[edit]mysis (uncountable)
- (zoology) A set of growth stages in the larvae of Decapoda after protozoea and prior to the juvenile stage, in which pereiopods are used to move.
References
[edit]- ^ “mysis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.