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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 phyllosoma
 葉形幼體

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Phyl·lo·so·ma n.  Zool. 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.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Glass-crab n. Zool. The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera.  It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma.
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