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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

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pl.

Tritova

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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] third + L.

ovum

egg.]

(Zool.)

An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin previous to hatching from the egg.

tritovum ‎(plural tritova)

(zoology) An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin before hatching from the egg.