NAUPLIUS


Meaning of NAUPLIUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnȯ-plē-əs ]

noun

( plural nau·plii -plē-ˌī, -ˌē)

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a shellfish, from Greek nauplios

Date: 1836

: a crustacean larva in usually the first stage after leaving the egg and with three pairs of appendages, a median eye, and little or no segmentation

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