flesh out-add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation. elaborate, expatiate, expound, lucubrate, dilate, exposit, enlarge, expand.
Cecropia caterpillars grow into one of the largest moths in the state of New York. The larvae consume a variety of shrubs and trees, including ash, beech, birch, cherry, dogwood and maple. When fully grown, cecropia caterpillars get as long as 1.5 inches.
Lobster larvae are more developmentally advanced than are the larvae of other crustaceans. The minute lobster larvae are freed from their mother's pleopods, they are ready to begin feeding, while most other crustacean larvae hatch in non-feeding stages, or naupliar stages (from the Greek, nauplios meaning sailor).obster larvae are more developmentally advanced than are the larvae of other crustaceans. The minute lobster larvae are freed from their mother's pleopods, they are ready to begin feeding, while most other crustacean larvae hatch in non-feeding stages, or naupliar stages (from the Greek, nauplios meaning sailor).