instar
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instar¹
- /ˈɪnstɑː/ UK
- /ˈɪnstɑɹ/ US
Where it comes from
From Latin instar (“form, likeness”), which is of obscure origin.
noun instars
- Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity.
- 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, […]
- A stage in development. We avoided Tourist Homes, country cousins of Funeral ones, old-fashioned, genteel and showerless, with elaborate dressing tables in depressingly white-and-pink little bedrooms, and photographs of the landlady’s children in all their instars.
instar²
- /ɪnˈstɑː/ UK
- /ɪnˈstɑɹ/ US
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)
verb instars · instarring · instarred
- 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.
- To make a star of; set as a star.
Translations
Every language
noun arthropod at a specified one of these stages
| Deutsch | Larve |
|---|
noun stage in the development of arthropods
| Español | estadio |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 齡 /龄 líng, 蛻變期 /蜕变期 tuìbiànqī, 蛻期 /蜕期 tuìqī |
| Français | stade |
| Deutsch | Larvenstadium, Entwicklungsstadium |
| Ελληνικά | στάδιο stádio |
| Русский | во́зраст vózrast |
noun by extension: development stage
| 日本語 | 齢 |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Entwicklungsstadium |
Talk about this word "instar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/instar. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. instar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/instar "instar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/instar.Cite this
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title = {instar},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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