Instar | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

instar
instar, n. indecl. [perh. in and root sta-; cf. Gr. ἵστημι, στήλη, etc.]. I A sketch , image , res...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
instar
īnstar n indecl, an image, likeness, resemblance, appearance: terra quasi puncti instar...

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