LEPTOCEPHALUS


Meaning of LEPTOCEPHALUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌlep-tə-ˈse-fə-ləs ]

noun

( plural lep·to·ceph·a·li -ˌlī, -ˌlē)

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek leptos + kephalē head — more at cephalic

Date: 1769

: a long thin small-headed transparent pelagic first larva of various eels

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