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noun
The amorphous post-larval stage of the crustacean Hansenocaris, a parasite whose host is unknown.
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History
Blend of ypsilon (“referring to the y-nauplius and y-cyprid larvae”) + kentrogon or vermigon (“similar forms of other crustaceans”).
