mysis

The English word “mysis” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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.

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek μῡ́ειν (mū́ein, “to close”, used of the lips or eyes).

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