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instar
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in·star 1  (n-stär)
tr.v. in·starred, in·star·ring, in·stars
To stud with or as if with stars.
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Noun1.instarinstar - an insect or other arthropod between molts
arthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
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In addition to active dispersal, 2 large triatomine colonies, which contained most instars, were detected in domiciles in Mercedes.
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In the other test, the researchers put out 100 caterpillars at each of their first three life stages, or instars.
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third instar); following a second, noninfectious bloodmeal; and after molting a second time into fourth instars.
Ixodid and argasid tick species and West Nile virus by Nuttall, Patricia Anne / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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