deutovum

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deutovum (noun; Greek deuteros, second; Latin ovum, egg): (Arthropoda: Chelicerata) a. The resting, incompletely developed stage following the shedding of the chorion of the egg of mites and spiders. b. A prelarva. c. The second egg.