Stage between egg and pupa Crossword Clue
5 letters · New York Times · Monday, August 19, 2002 · 16-Across
Appeared in 2 New York Times Crosswords between June 1997 and August 2002.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · August 19, 2002 · 16-Across · 5 letters
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the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
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