LEPTOCEPHALUS

Meaning of LEPTOCEPHALUS in English

/lep'teuh sef"euh leuhs/ , n. , pl. leptocephali /-luy'/ .

a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, esp. of certain eels and ocean fishes.

[ 1760-70; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

LEPTOCEPHALUS — noun (plural leptocephali) see: cephalic Date: 1769 a long thin small-headed transparent pelagic first larva of various eels
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEPTOCEPHALUS — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈsefələs noun Etymology: New Latin, from lept- + -cephalus 1. capitalized , in some especially former classifications : a genus …
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LEPTOCEPHALUS — noun ( plural lep·to·ceph·a·li -ˌlī, -ˌlē) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek leptos + kephalē head — more at cephalic Date: …
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LEPTOCEPHALUS — [lep.to.ceph.a.lus] n, pl -li [NL, fr. Gk leptos + kephale head--more at cephalic] (1769): a long thin small-headed transparent pelagic …
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Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LEPTOCEPHALUS — n. Pronunciation: ˌ lep-t ə - ' se-f ə -l ə s Function: noun Inflected Form: plural -li \ - …
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LEPTOCEPHALUS — узкая голова
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EEL — I. ˈēl, esp before pause or consonant ˈēəl noun ( plural eels also eel ) Etymology: Middle English ele, from …
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LEPTOCEPHALOUS — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|sefələs adjective also lep·to·ce·phal·ic -_sə̇|falik Etymology: New Latin leptocephalus + English -ous or -ic 1. : of, relating to, or …
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LEPTOCEPHALID — -ˈsefələ̇d noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin leptocephalus + English -id : leptocephalus 2a
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GULPER — -pə(r) noun ( -s ) 1. : one that gulps 2. also gulper eel : any of several usually small …
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GHOSTFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : any of several whitish or transparent fishes (as the young of the ladyfishes) 2. : the …
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ELVER — ˈelvə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: alteration of eelfare : a small cylindrical young eel that is more advanced in …
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CONGER — ˈkäŋgə(r) noun Etymology: Middle English congre, cunger, from Old French congre, from Latin congr-, conger, from Greek gongros; akin to …
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ELOPIFORM — any member of the order Elopiformes, a group of fishes considered to be the most primitive of living bony fishes. …
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EEL — any of more than 500 species of fish of the order Anguilliformes. True eels are elongated or even wormlike bony …
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FLATHEAD ASP — краснопёрый жерех (Pseudaspius leptocephalus)
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FLATHEAD ASP — краснопёрый жерех ( Pseudaspius leptocephalus )
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КРАСНОПЕРЫЙ ЖЕРЕХ — (Pseudaspius leptocephalus) flathead asp
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