instar

Speech parts

1. instar - Noun

2. instar - Verb

Meaning

To stud as with stars.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

park stadium arena point state field level stage furlong phase step ask terminal encourage urge
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Antonyms

shun advantage avoid solution bore divert
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Hypernyms

arthropod

Anagrams

strain rinsta santir sartin strina trains

Examples

Among certain beetle families or genera, particularly those that exhibit parasitic lifestyles, the first instar (the planidium ) is highly mobile to search out a host, while the following instars are more sedentary and remain on or within their host. Source: Internet

After the last instar, the mosquito larva becomes pupa. Source: Internet

The Union Agriculture Ministry’s Locust Warning Organisation then observed “low-density I & II instar gregarious/transient hoppers” at Jaisalmer and Suratgarh in Rajasthan and Fazilka in Punjab adjoining the Indo-Pakistan border. Source: Internet

At the end of each instar, the larvae molt, shedding their skins to allow for further growth. Source: Internet

Here they remain until they thrust through the cuticle and pupate (males) or release infective first- instar larvae onto flowers (females). Source: Internet

These first- instar larvae have stemmata (simple, single-lens eyes), and once they latch onto a host, they enter it by secreting enzymes that soften the cuticle, usually in the abdominal region of the host. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

instantonic Instapoet Instapoetry instate instate in instatement