Pronunciation: z ō - ' ē - ə
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural zo · eae \ - ' ē - ˌ ē \ or zo · eas \ - ' ē - ə z \
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek z ō ē life
Date: 1877
: a free-swimming planktonic larval form of many decapod crustaceans and especially crabs that has a relatively large cephalothorax, conspicuous eyes, and fringed antennae and mouthparts
zoea