Associations to the word «Instar»

Wiktionary

INSTAR, noun. Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity.
INSTAR, noun. An arthropod at a specified one of these stages of development.
INSTAR, noun. (by extension) A stage in development.
INSTAR, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To stud or adorn with stars or other brilliants; to star.
INSTAR, verb. (transitive) To make a star of; set as a star.

Dictionary definition

INSTAR, noun. An insect or other arthropod between molts.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats