Answer: instar

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INSTARBug between molts
INSTARInsect stage
INSTARAdorn with shining figures.
INSTARStud with gems.
INSTARStud with brilliants.
INSTARAdorn with certain symbols.
INSTARAdorn with certain figures.
INSTARInsect stage between moltings.
INSTARAdorn, in a way
INSTARBestud
INSTARSpangle
instarto set with or as if with stars
instara stage in the life of an arthropod (as an insect) between two successive molts
instarinsect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts
instarindividual in a specified instar
instarto adorn with stars