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instar

UK /ˈɪnstɑː/US /ˈɪnstɑɹ/

noun 3
/ɪnˈstɑɹ/ verb 2
forms 3

noun3

Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity.
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A stage in development.
- California spirituality is a late instar of America’s utopian impulse, and corporate meritocracy derives from the Whig dream of the self-made man that entranced young Abraham Lincoln. — 2014
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An arthropod at a specified one of these stages of development.
- In A. orientalis, first and second instars were more susceptible than third instars to H. bacteriophora TF strain, […] — 2005

instar

UK /ɪnˈstɑː/US /ɪnˈstɑɹ/

verb2

To make a star of; set as a star.
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(no longer used) To stud or adorn with stars or other brilliants; to star.
- Yet mark with shining steps the humbler way; And, as angelic feet instar the sky, Drop the bright sparks along the wilderness. — 1882

forms

instarred · instarring · instars

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