Instar

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Instar \In*star"\, v. t.
     To stud as with stars. [R.] "A golden throne instarred with
     gems." --J. Barlow.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Instar \In"star`\, n.
     a postembryonic stage of life of an arthropod, especially an
     insect, between two successive molts; also, the arthropod
     when in that stage of life.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  instar
       n : an insect or other arthropod between molts

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  INSTAR. Likeness; resemblance; equivalent as, instar dentium, like teeth; 
  instar omnium, equivalent to all.