What is the meaning of Instar?

Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity.

An arthropod at a specified one of these stages of development.

A stage in development.

To stud or adorn with stars or other brilliants; to star.

To make a star of; set as a star.

Only used in à l’instar de (just like)

image, likeness, resemblance

counterpart

worth, value

an equal form (of)

of equal weight/size/form (to)

to urge [with com ‘someone’]

to insist [with por ‘on’], to ask insistently for

to question insistently, to interrogate [with a ‘someone’]

to be imminent, to lurk

to be urgent or necessary

instar (Each of the states of metamorphosis of an invertebrate animal, comprised between two periods of molting.)

to urge (press someone to do something soon)

to insist (repeat a plea)

Source: wiktionary.org